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COLD WAR DATES Flashcards

1
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Bolshevik Revolution 1

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February 1917

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Bolshevik Revolution 2

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November 1917

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Tehran Conference

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November 1943

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Yalta Conference

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February 1945

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Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes President

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April 1945

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Germany surrenders: Victory in Europe

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May 1945

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United Nations formed

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June 1945

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Potsdam Conference

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July 1945

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Japan surrenders: Victory in the Pacific

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August 1945

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10
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Stalin’s Two Camps speech

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February 1946

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Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech

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March 1946

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12
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Baruch Plan proposed

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June 1946

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13
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Truman Doctrine

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March 1947

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14
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Marshall Plan proposed

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June 1947

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15
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Kennan’s ‘Mr. X.’ article

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July 1947

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16
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Cominform created

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October 1947

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17
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Czech coup: Marshall Plan implemented

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February 1948

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18
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State of Israel created

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May 1948

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19
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Berlin Blockade

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June 1948

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20
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Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform

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June 1948

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21
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Truman re-elected

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November 1948

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22
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COMECON founded

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January 1949

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23
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NATO established

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April 1949

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24
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Berlin Blockade ends

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May 1949

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25
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USSR explodes atomic bomb

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September 1949

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26
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Federal Republic of Germany established

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September 1949

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27
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German Democratic Republic established

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October 1949

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Mao’s Chinese Communist Party takes power and the People’s Republic of China is established

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October 1949

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29
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NSC-68

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April 1950

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30
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North Korea invades South Korea

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June 1950

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31
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USA and Japan sign mutual security pact

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September 1951

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32
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Eisenhower elected

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November 1952

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33
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Stalin dies

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March 1953

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34
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East German uprising

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June 1953

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35
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Armistice in Korea

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July 1953

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36
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Dulles announces ‘massive retaliation policy’

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January 1954

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37
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Fall of Dien Bien Phu

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May 1954

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38
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Geneva Conferenc on Vietnam

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July 1954

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39
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SEATO established

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September 1954

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40
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West Germany joins NATO

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October 1954

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41
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Warsaw Pact signed

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May 1955

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42
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Geneva Summit

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July 1955

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43
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Nasser announces arms deal with USSR

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September 1955

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44
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Baghdad Pact

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November 1955

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45
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Khrushchev’s ‘de-Stalinization’ speech/’peaceful co-existence’ promoted

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February 1956

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46
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Suez Crisis

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July 1956

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47
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Hungarian Uprising suppressed

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October 1956

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48
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Sputnik launched by USSR

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October 1957

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49
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Revolution in Iraq

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July 1958

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50
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Quemoy and Matsu blockaded

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August 1958

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51
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Castro takes power in Cuba

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January 1959

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52
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Dulles dies

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May 1959

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53
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Khrushchev visits USA

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September 1959

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54
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U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR

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May 1960

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55
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Kennedy elected

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November 1960

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56
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Sino-Soviet split confirmed

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November 1960

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57
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USA breaks off relations with Cuba

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January 1961

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58
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Bay of Pigs

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April 1961

59
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Berlin Wall built

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August 1961

60
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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October 1962

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Partial Test-ban Treaty signed in Moscow between the USA, USSR and UK

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August 1963

62
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Kennedy assassinated and Johnson becomes president

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November 1963

63
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution/USA goes to war in Vietnam

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August 1964

64
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Khrushchev deposed and replaced by Brezhnev

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October 1964

65
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China detonates A-bomb

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October 1964

66
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Johnson re-elected

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November 1964

67
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Fighting between India and Pakistan over Kashmir

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August 1965

68
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NATO headquarters moved to Brussels after France withdraw

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September 1966

69
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Six Day War between Israel and Arab states

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June 1967

70
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Association of South-East Asian States (ASEAN) established

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August 1967

71
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Brezhnev Doctrine

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July 1968

72
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Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia

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August 1968

73
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Nixon elected

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November 1968

74
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Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty

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November 1969

75
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) talks begin

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April 1970

76
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UN admits China, expelling Taiwan

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October 1971

77
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Nixon visits China

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February 1972

78
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Nixon visits USSR

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May 1972

79
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SALT 1 signed

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May 1972

80
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Nixon re-elected

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November 1972

81
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Fourth Arab-Israeli War

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October 1973

82
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Nixon resigns over Watergate

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August 1974

83
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Communist victory in Vietnam and Cambodia

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April 1975

84
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Helsinki Final Act signed

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August 1975

85
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SEATO disbands

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February 1976

86
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Mao dies

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September 1976

87
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Carter elected

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November 1976

88
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USA plans to deploy cruise missiles

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June 1977

89
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USSR deploys SS-20s in Europe

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December 1977

90
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UN special session on disarmament

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May 1978

91
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USA and China open diplomatic relations

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January 1979

92
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Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT 2

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June 1979

93
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US hostage crisis in Tehran

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November 1979

94
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Soviet forces invade Afghanistan

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December 1979

95
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Tito dies

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May 1980

96
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Mass strikes in Poland

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August 1980

97
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Iraq attacks Iran

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September 1980

98
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Reagan elected

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November 1980

99
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US hostages released in Iran

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January 1981

100
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Argentina seizes Falkland Islands

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April 1981

101
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Brezhnev dies, replaced by Andropov

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November 1981

102
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Reagon promotes SDI

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March 1983

103
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US troops invade Grenada

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October 1983

104
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Soviets walk out of START talks

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December 1983

105
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Andropov dies, replaces by Cherenko

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February 1984

106
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Reagan re-elected

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November 1984

107
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Cherenko dies, replaced by Gorbachev

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March 1985

108
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USSR criticise SDI at UN

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September 1985

109
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Reagan and Gorbachev summit

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November 1985

110
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Chernobyl disaster

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April 1986

111
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Summit in Washington, Reagan and Gorbachev

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December 1987

112
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Gorbachev announces withdrawal from Afghanistan

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February 1988

113
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Summit in Moscow, Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF treaty

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May 1988

114
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Bush elected

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November 1988

115
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Soviet troops withdraw from Hungary

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April 1989

116
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Tiananmen Square massacre

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June 1989

117
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Hungary opens border with Austria

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September 1989

118
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Honecker forced to resign in East Germany

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October 1989

119
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Berlin Wall comes down

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November 1989

120
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Czech Communist Party resigns

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November 1989

121
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East German, Lithuanian and Latvian parliaments abolish special position of Communist Party

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December 1989

122
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Lithuanian parliament declares independence

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December 1989

123
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Ceausescu executed in Romania

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December 1989

124
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Havel new Czech president

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December 1989

125
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Bulgarian parliament abolishes special position of Communist Party

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January 1990

126
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Lithuanian parliament declares independence

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March 1990

127
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Estonian parliament votes for secession from USSR

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March 1990

128
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Latvian parliament declares independence

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May 1990

129
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Bush/Gorbachev summit in Washington

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June 1990

130
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NATO declares formal end of Cold War

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July 1990

131
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Iraq invades Kuwait

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August 1990

132
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German Unification

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October 1990

133
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Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize

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October 1990

134
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Signing of CFE Treaty and Paris Charter

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November 1990

135
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Warsaw Pact disbands

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February 1991

136
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UN forces expel Iraq from Kuwait

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February 1991

137
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Georgia declares independence from USSR

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April 1991

138
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Yeltsin becomes president of Russia

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June 1991

139
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Failed coup against Gorbachev, Yeltsin condemns hardliners

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August 1991

140
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus declare independence

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August 1991

141
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11,000 Soviet personnel are withdrawn from Cuba

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September 1991

142
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Ukraine votes for independence

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December 1991

143
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Russia, Ukraine and Belarus declare USSR no longer exists

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December 1991

144
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Gorbachev resigns

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December 1991

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