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The Cold War
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Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
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US uses first atomic bomb
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End of WWII
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Berlin Airlift
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1st Soviet Atomic Bomb
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Communists win Chinese Civil War
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NATO formed
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Korean War
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Warsaw Pact Established
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Soviets launch first satellite (Sputnik)
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Castro rules Cuba
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Berlin Wall Built
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Bay of Pigs
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Vietnam War
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Soviets crush Czech uprising
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Nixon visits China
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US forces coup in Chile
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US and China establish diplomatic relations; Soviets invade Afghanistan
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Poles form Solidarity Union
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Gorbachev becomes leader of USSR -- Glasnost
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Revolt in Eastern Europe; Belin Wall comes down
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Bush and Gorbachev agree to reunify Germany
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USSR collapses