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India and Pakistan gains independence from Britain. Prior to independence, citizens had to decide where to go.
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Hoping the Allies would give up on reunifying Germany or give up West Berlin, the Soviets stopped allowing traffic to West Berlin. As a result, the American and British flew in supplies for 11 months.
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Israel was declared a state on the last day that the British left.
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12 nations formed an alliance in fear of aggression from the Soviets.
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Launched by the Soviet Union, Sputnik was the first unmanned satellite, it used an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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A U.S. plane discovers missle sites in Cuba, 90 miles off the coast od Florida. This posed a threat of nuclear war.
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Egypt placed troops on the Sinai Peninsula and closed the Straits of Tiran to Israel.
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This treaty stated that if your nation did not already have nuclear weapons, then you could not make any. The goal was to use nuclear energy peacefully.
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Assassinated in Cairo, Egypt by Muslim extremists.
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Students wanted social reform, they wished to meet with Premier Li Pengi to discuss their ideas, however were denied a meeting.
