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The Berlin Blockade was put in place by the Soviets
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Mao Zedong takes over China and puts a communist government in place
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The Korean War begins
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The Warsaw pact was formed between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European nations
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The first artificial sattelte was launched into orbit by the Soviet union.
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Castro take over Cuba with the backing of the Soviet Union
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The failed attempt to overthrow the communist regime in Cuba
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Soviets built missile launch pads and put nuclear arms in Cuba. The Soviets retracted the weapons later.
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President Noxon resignes from office after the watergate affair is exposed
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam in the vietnam war
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The agreement to further limit arms production is signed
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A defense initiative to shoot incoming missiles out of the sky
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Soviet Empire begins to collapse
