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David-Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of israel.
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In respose the soviets blockaid of ground routes into berlin the U.S. decides to do a massive air lift. The U.S. sent plains into berlin every 3 minutes.
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Isreali armed forces pushed into Egypt and started the suez crisis.
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the Sovient Union launched the first orbital satitlite, Sputnik.
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The U.S. put a lot of CIA trained troops into Cuba to overthrough their communist gov. That plan didnt work and was a miserable fail.
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The Sovients placed missiles in Cuba 90 miles from U.S. Border.
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Islamic extremists assassinated the president of Egypt,sadat
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11 of the soviet republic said they didn't want to be apart of the the Soviet Union Anymore.