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indian independence
The Indian Independence Act was as an Act of the Parliament that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan. -
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the berlin airlift
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launch of sputnik
spuntnik, was the first aftificial unmanned satelite. the succesful launch of soviet unions satelitte, sputnik, shocks and frightens americans. -
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bay of pigs invasion
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tiananmen square protest
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fall of the berlin wall
the walls purpose was to keep the western fascists from entering the east. it was torn down because the east german communist party leader announced the citizens could cross freely. -
collapse of the soviet union
the soviet flag flew over the kremlin in moscow for the last time. a few days earlier, 11 representives from the soviet republics met and announced they were no longer going to be part of the soviet union -
assassination of israeli prime minister
