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Beginning of cold war
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United Nations Founded
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NATO formed
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Chinese Civil War ends
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The Korean War
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Warsaw Pact formed
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Launching of Sputnik 1 (first artificial satelite in 1957)
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Vietnam War beigns
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Yuri Gargarin becomes the first human in space
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Berlin Wall beigns construction
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Tsar Bomba a nuclear weapon that is tested by the Soviet Union
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Second Vatican Council
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Apollo 11 first manned mission to the moon
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counterculture
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Vietnam War ends
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Soviet Russia invades Afghanistan
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Iran-Iraq War
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Tiananmen Square Protest
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Berlin Wall breache, Gernmany reunited
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Cold War leaving the US as the only major world power
