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The first landing on the moon happened in 1969. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon.
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After along time of working on the internet and trying to make it. In 1969 the internet was launched. It was very basic but it was a start.
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The Vietnam War was a cold war, it was between north Vietnam and the U.S.A. it ended in 1975.
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Polish Airliner crashed with no warning and killed 82 passengers in 1980. People were sadden by this tragic crash.
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Mikhail Gorachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union in 1985-1991. He was the Soviet Leader that tore down the Berlin Wall
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South Africa did not accept interracial marriages. Even though many countries never banned this, but south Africa did. In 1985 the ban on interracial marriage was over.
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Berlin wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic. It cut off west Berlin from east Berlin, but this wall came down in 1989.
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Nelson Mandela was a South African antiapartheid revolutionary, politician. He was prisoner for saying what he believes in. but in 1990 he was freed from prison.
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The Gulf war also known as operation Desert Storm. Was against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. This took place in 1990.
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The Soviet Union disbands in 1991. It disintegrates into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom.
