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Gomulka replaced by Beirut

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1948

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Rajk (Hungary) executed

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1949

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Beneš (Czechoslovakia) resigns

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1948

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Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform

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1948

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‘Long Telegram’

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22nd February 1946

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Iron Curtain Speech

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6 March 1946

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Britain announce aid to Greek monarchists no longer available

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February 1947

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Truman Doctrine

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1947

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Cominform established

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September 1947

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10
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Marshall Plan begins

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1947

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11
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Soviet Union walk out of the Paris Peace Conference

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July 1947

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12
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Bizonia formed

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January 1947

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13
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NATO formed

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May 1949

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14
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Berlin Blockade

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June 1948 - May 1949

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German Democratic Republic formed

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October 1949

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Moscow Conference

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March-April 1947

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London Conference

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November-December 1947

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18
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New East German state formed

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October 1949

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Potsdam

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1945

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Sino-Soviet alliance formed

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1950

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21
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Eisenhower becomes US President

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November 1952

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NSC 162/2

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October 1953

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23
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‘Massive Retaliation’ strategy announced

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January 1954

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24
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Geneva Conference

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July 1954

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25
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West Germany admitted to NATO

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May 1955

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Yalta Conference

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February 1945

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27
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Hitler commits suicide

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April 1945

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28
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Roosevelt dies

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April 1945

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29
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Churchill defeated in General Election

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July 1945

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30
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Potsdam

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July/August 1945

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31
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Percentages Agreement

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1944

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32
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WW2 ends

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September 1945

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33
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OPLAN 34A

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January 1964

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34
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident

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August 2nd 1964

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35
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution agreed

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August 7th 1964

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36
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Operation Rolling Thunder

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1965-1968

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37
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NV Four-Point Proposal

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1965

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38
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Operation Ranch Hand approved by Kennedy

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1962

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39
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Tet Offensive

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Jan-Feb 1968

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40
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Nixon becomes President

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January 1969

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41
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Operation Lam Son 719

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1971

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42
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

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26 May 1972

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43
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The Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

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26 May 1972

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44
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USSR tests its first nuclear weapon

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Aug 1949

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45
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Strategic Perimeter suggested

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Jan 1950

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46
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China forms military alliance with USSR

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Feb 1950

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47
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NSC-68 presented

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April 1950

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48
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China enters Korean War on North Korea’s side

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Nov 1950

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49
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San Francisco Peace Treaty

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Sept 1951

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50
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Eisenhower becomes US President

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Jan 1953

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51
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US-Japan Security Treaty

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1951

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52
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National Safe Agency established

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August 1952

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53
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Truman dismissed MacArthur

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April 1951

54
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Peace negotiations in Korea begin

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June 1951

55
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Stalin dies

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March 1953

56
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Panmunjom Armistice Agreement (Korea)

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July 1953

57
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USSR develops the first ICBM

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May 1957

58
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Sputnik is launched

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October 1957

59
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Gaither Report is commissioned

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November 1957

60
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USSR’s released Berlin Ultimatum

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November 1958

61
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US U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet territory

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May 1960

62
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Gagarin is the first man into outer space

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April 1961

63
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Construction of the Berlin Wall begins

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August 1961

64
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Kennedy makes ‘Ice bin ein Berliner’ speech

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June 1963

65
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The Bermuda Conference

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1957

66
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Laika launched into 10-day orbit

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Nov 1957

67
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‘Flopnik’

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December 1957

68
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established

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1958

69
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Khrushchev becomes USSR prime minister

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1958

70
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Macmillan (British Prime Minister) visits Moscow

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Feb 1959

71
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Khrushchev visits Camp David

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September 1959

72
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Batista regime overthrown by Castro

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Jan 1959

73
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Soviet Politburo members offers economic and military aid to Cuba

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Feb 1960

74
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Bay of Pigs invasion

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April 1961

75
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Kennedy authorises Operation Mongoose

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Nov 1961

76
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Khrushchev deploys nuclear missiles on Cuba

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May 1962

77
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American U-2 spy planes discover Soviet missile sites on Cuba

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Oct 1962

78
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Khrushchev withdraws missiles from Cuba

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29 Oct 1962

79
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Moscow Test Ban Treaty Agreed

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August 1963

80
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ExComm established

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16 Oct 1962

81
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‘Hot line’ established

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June 1963

82
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Kennedy assassinated

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Nov 1963

83
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Khrushchev removed from office

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Oct 1964

84
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Non-Proliferation Treaty

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July 1968

85
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US-Soviet arms limitations discussions begin

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1969

86
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SALT I signed

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1972

87
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Brezhnev dies

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November 1982

88
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Chernobyl disaster and Sakharov released

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1986

89
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Glasnost announced by Gorbachev

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1988

90
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USA boycott Moscow Olympics

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1980

91
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Strategic Defence Initiative

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1983

92
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European Commission

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June 1988

93
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Geneva Summit

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November 1985

94
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Reykjavik Summit

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October 1986

95
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed

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December 1987

96
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Washington Summit

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December 1987

97
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Gorbachev announces that Soviet troops will withdraw from Afghanistan

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February 1988

98
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Moscow Summit

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May-June 1988

99
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Kadar resigns as Secretary-general

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1988

100
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Hungary gov remove fence on border with East Germany

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2 May 1989

101
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Federal Republic of Germany created

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3 October 1990

102
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Brezhnev Doctrine abandoned

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1985

103
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Bush becomes President of USA

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November 1988

104
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Malta Summit

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Dec 1989

105
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Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty

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Nov 1990

106
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Moscow Summit (final summit of Cold War)

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July 1991

107
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Soviet Union formally dissolved

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December 1991

108
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Reunification of Germany

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October 1990

109
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Lithuania declares its independence

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Feb 1990

110
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Estonia declares its independence

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March 1990

111
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Latvia declares its independence

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May 1990

112
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Coup to overthrow Gorbachev

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August 1991

113
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Gorbachev resigns

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24 August 1991

114
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Commonwealth of the Independent States established

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December 1991

115
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USSR Supreme Soviet vote to dissolve itself

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26 December 1991

116
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Civil War in Angola begins

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Spring 1975

117
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Sino-Soviet split

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1961

118
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Allende wins elections in Chile

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September 1970

119
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Allende overthrown in military coup

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September 1973

120
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US invasion of Grenada

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Oct 1983

121
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Sandinista National Liberation Font seize power from Somoza in Nicaragua

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June 1979

122
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The Contras founded in Nicaragua

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March 1981

123
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Austrian State Treaty

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May 1955

124
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Federal Republic of Germany admitted to NATO

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May 1955

125
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Geneva Summit

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July 1955

126
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Khrushchev’s Secret Police

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Feb 1956

127
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Polish Rising

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June-Oct 1956

128
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Hungarian Rising

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Oct-Nov 1956

129
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Camp David Talks

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Sep 1959

130
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Paris Summit

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May 1960

131
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