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American troops help deffend South Korea against communist North Korea; attacked on the 38th Parellel
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U.S. Sponsored invasion of cuba that failed. Kennedy's plan to throw out Cuban President Fidel Castro by backing cuban rebels trained by the US.
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US forces Soviet Union to remove nuclear warheads from Cuba by blockading Cuba with American Naval ships
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President Nixon visits China and Soviet Union; Nixon and Brezhnev sigh agreement
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Treaty intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War
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OPEC places an embargo on oil to US because of the nations support for israel in October War
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Treaty signed by President Carter promising to give control of canal to the Panamanians by the year 2000
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Agreement signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin; signed at the white house witnessed by President Jimmy Carter
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Both countries established emabassies in each others countries
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In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US places embargo on sales of American Grain to Soviet Union, boycotts moscow Olympic Games, and delays completion of SALT II
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President Ronald Reagan orders inasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that carbbean nation
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Iran weapons deal- American Public learns that US secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebananon
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US invades panama and captures Manuel Noriega
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Bush and Gorbachev hold summit in washington, DC to discuss Germanys membership in NATO
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US led forces to end Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
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Terrorist attack by Taliban on US in New york City. Flew planes into world trade center