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An act of UK Parliament, that partitioned British India into the new, two independent domains of India. Pakistan became a new country on August 15th, and India, on August 14th.
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Soviet Union cut off al traffic and water to West Berlin , in hope that the allies would give up the area, or the idea reunifying Germany. American and British officals fly in supplies for 11 months.
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David Ben-Gurion, the head of Jewish Agency, proclamined the formation of Israel. President Truman also recognized the new nation on the same day
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NATO was formed because countries were afraid of the Soviet Union. 12 nations were apart of this alliance.
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Alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations in response to West Germany joining NATO. Some countries remained non aligned- India, China
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Soviets Launch Sputnik, which was the first unmanned satellite, into space. Used an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile). US responds by pouring money into science education, then launching a missile in retaliation in 1958
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Initially, it was prasied for social reforms, and an improvment of the economy. The US places an embargo on Cuba, and Cuba turned to the Soviets for aid.
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The president was assasinated during the anual victory parade, celebrating Operation Badr. A fawta approving the assasination had been obtained. The assasination was undertaken by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
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Chinese troops violently took hold of the square, seizing many students who were protesting for democracy, and their rights.
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The assasination began at the end of a rally, in support of the Oslo Accords, at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The killer was an israeli ultranationalist terrorist, named Yagil Amir.
