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World War 2 ends in Europe
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First East European Communist government set up in Albania
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Berlin Airlift begins
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Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb
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U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces
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First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution
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Soviets launch first man‑made satellite
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Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government
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East Germany builds Berlin Wall
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China explodes its first atomic bomb
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U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
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Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angol
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U.S. invades Grenada
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George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to the reunification of Germany in 1994