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Bolshevik revolution

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1917

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Nazi - Soviet pact

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Aug 1939

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Operation Barbarossa

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June 1941

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Pearl harbour attack

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Dec 1941

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Grand alliance

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1941

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2nd front asked for

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1942

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2nd front given

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1944

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Katyn massacre

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1940 `

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Katyn graves dug up

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1943

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Warsaw uprising

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1944

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11
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Yalta conference

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4 - 11 Feb 1945

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Potsdam conference

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17 Jul - 1 Aug 1945

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13
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Percentages agreement

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Oct 1944

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14
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Germany defeated

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May 1945

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15
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Gomulka replaced by Beirut in Poland

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1948

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Communist leader of Poland Rajk executed

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1949

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17
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Socialist and communist parties merge in Poland

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Jan 1947

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18
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Red army disarms Romanian army

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1945

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  • Czechoslovakia – non-communist parties resigned followed by the leader to hand the country over to USSR.
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1948

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All other political parties banned

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1947

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21
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Yugoslavia expelled from cominform

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1948

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22
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Kennan telegram

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Feb 1946

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23
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Iron Curtain speech

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March 1946

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24
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Pravda article

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March 1946

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25
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Novikov telegram

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Sep 1946

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26
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USSR walk out of Paris Peace conference

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Jul 1947

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Greek Civil war

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1946-9

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28
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US get involved in Greek Civil War

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1947

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Truman Doctrine

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March 1947

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Marshall plan

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June 1947

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31
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Cominform set up

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Sep 1947

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32
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Zhandov doctrine

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1946

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33
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NATO

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Apr 1949

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34
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Comecon set up

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1949

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35
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Czechoslovakian crisis

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1948

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36
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US refuse soviet occupation if Ruhr, depriving German population and a centralised Germany

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1947

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37
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Bizonia made

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Jan 1947

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38
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New currency in West Germany

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June 1948

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39
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West Germany gets Marshall aid, East denied

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1948

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40
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Berlin blockade began

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June 1948

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41
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End of berlin blockade

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12 May 1949

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42
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Bombs dropped on Japan

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Aug 1945

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43
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Japan rebel against French occupation

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1945

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44
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Reverse course

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1947

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45
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China became communist

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Oct 1949

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46
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Sino soviet treaty of friendship

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1950

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47
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San Francisco peace treaty

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1951

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48
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Plans for new japanese air force

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Nov 1952

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49
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Defensive perimeter strategy

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Jan 1950

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50
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NSC-68

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1950

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51
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Moscow conference for provisional korean government

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Dec 1945

52
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North Korea invade south

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Jun 1950

53
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MacArthur lands at Inchon

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Sep 1950

54
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Chinese troops join Korean war

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Oct 1950

55
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MacArthur dismissed

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April 1951

56
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Peace negotiations for Korean war begin

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July 1951

57
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Armistice agreed for Korean war

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Jul 1953

58
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Stalin dies

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March 1953

59
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House of un american activities made permenant

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1945

60
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Rosenburg trial

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1951

61
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Alger Hiss affair

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1948

62
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McCarthy accused US army and was discredited

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1954

63
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UN set up

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Oct 1945

64
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60 mostly pro western UN members

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1950

65
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Eisenhower inaugurated

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Jan 1953

66
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Germany joined council of Europe

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Nov 1949

67
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Treaty signed in Bonn

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May 1952

68
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USSR agree to give China defence based technology

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May 1953

69
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Khrushchev visits China

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Sep - Oct 1953

70
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SEATO set up

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Sep 1954

71
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FRG join Nato

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9th May 1955

72
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Warsaw pact made

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14th May 1955

73
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Domino theory first set out

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1954

74
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New look policy announced

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Jan 1954

75
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US paying 75% of war in Indochina

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1954

76
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DIen Bien Phu

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April 1954

77
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Austrian State Treaty

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May 1955

78
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Secret Speech

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Feb 1956

79
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Geneva Summit

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Sep 1955

80
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Polish uprising

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June - Oct 1956

81
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Hungarian Uprising

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Oct - Nov 1956

82
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Camp David talks

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Sep 1959

83
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Paris Summit

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May 1960

84
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Kennedy became president

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Jan 1961

85
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Vienna Summit

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June 1961

86
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Sputnik

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4 Oct 1957

87
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Sputnik 2

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Nov 1957

88
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Flopnik

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Dec 1947

89
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NASA set up

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1958

90
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Soviet satellite to moon

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1959

91
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US discoverer programme set up

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Aug 1960

92
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Yuri Gagarin in space

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12 Aug 1961

93
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US = 63 space missions, USSR = 15

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1962

94
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US go to the moon

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1969

95
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Strategic air command set up

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21 March 1946

96
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US test first lithium bomb

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March 1954

97
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first USSR ICBM tested

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26 Aug 1957

98
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Gaither report

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Nov 1957

99
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Bermuda conference

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1957

100
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US deploy nuclear submarines

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9 June 1959

101
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Workers riots in East Germany crushed

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1953

102
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Hallstein Doctrine

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1955

103
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1st ultimatum made

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Nov 1958

104
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Warsaw powers met to plan Berlin wall

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June 1961

105
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Wall went up

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13 Aug 1961

106
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Ich bin ein Berliner speech

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1963

107
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Geneva conference ends indochinese war

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1954

108
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Elections meant to happen for Vietnamese reunification

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1956

109
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Revolt in North Vietnam and 6000 killed

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1956

110
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Recommendations to Kennedy about Vietnam by Taylor and Roscow

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Nov 1961

111
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NFL formed in Vietnam

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1960

112
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Strategic hamlet programme began

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1962

113
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Buddhist revolt

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May 1963

114
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General coup in Vietnam

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1 Nov 1963

115
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Diem and PM (brother) assassinated

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2 Nov 1963

116
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Castro and Los Barbudos arrive in Cuba

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1956

117
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Castro becomes PM of Cuba

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1959

118
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Agrarian reform in Cuba

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1959

119
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Castro goes to UN but Eisenhower refuses to meet him

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1959

120
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$100 million in credit given to Cuba by USSR

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Feb 1960

121
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1st crude oil shipment from USSR to Cuba and economic sanctions placed by US to lower sugar imports

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April 1960

122
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Bay of pigs

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April 1961

123
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Operation Mongoose

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Nov 1961

124
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Cuban missile crisis

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14 - 28 Oct 1962

125
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Whitehouse - Kremlin hotline

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1963

126
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Nuclear test ban treaty

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5 Aug 1963

127
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Non proliferation treaty

A

1968

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