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End of World War II
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Berlin Blockade starts
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Berlin Blockade ends
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Launch of the Soviet Satelite "Sputnik 1"
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Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
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Construction starts on Berlin Wall
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Kennedy announces plans to put man on the moon.
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Cuban Missile Crisis begins
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Cuban Missile Crisis ends
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The Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 launches
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America wins the Space Race.
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Apollo 11 reaches the moon.
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Berlin Wall falls
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East and West Germany are reunified
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Soviet Union dissolves
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Cold War ends