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After being under British rule for so long, India gains independence from the British Empire.
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Jews finally get a Jewish state.
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Allies of Berlin, Germany, delivered supplies by plane to those who could not get it.
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization and it's purpose was to unify the Western Allies
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Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union and led to the formation of NASA.
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The Soviet Union set up nuclear bombs in Cuba, threatening the U.S., who then set up nuclear bombs in Turkey.
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President Anwar al-Sadat was assassinated during an annual celebratory parade.
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Students and others protesting in Tiananmen Square turns into a massacre.
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After about 15 years of the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany it was torn down.
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Yitzhak Rabin, who was the Prime Minister in Israel was assassinated.
