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Indian Independence
The Indian Independence Act partitioned the previously British India into India and Pakistan. Indians finally gain full control of their land. -
Creation of Israel
The United Nations agrees at last to divide Palestine amongst the Arabs and Jews. The British, who previously controlled the land, supported the creation of a Jewish state in the holy land. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union cut West Berlin off from the rest of the world, depriving them of supplies. America and Great Britain heroically fly supplies in for eleven straight months. -
Formation of NATO
Twelve nations, including the US, form a defensive alliance to calm the raging fears of Soviet aggression. -
Formation of Warsaw Pact
An alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations to counter West Germany's joining of the enemy alliance, NATO. After the creation, a meager amount of countries remain unaligned. -
Launch of Sputnik
The Soviets, beating all other nations, launch the first unmanned satellite into space. The US, feeling left behind, flood money into the science education budget and soon launch their own satellite one year later. -
Six Day War
A brief war that the Israelis defended as a preventative military effort to counter what the Israelis saw as an impending attack by Arab nations that surrounded Israel. -
Assassination of Egyptian President Sadat
Islamic extremists assassinate the Egyptian President Sadat because he recognized Israel as a state and signed Camp David accords. -
Tiananmen Square Protest
A massive demonstration for democratic reform, begun on Tiananmen Square by Chinese students, was brutally repressed. It was initiated to reinstate Yaobang. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The new leader of East Germany attempts to rehabilitate stability of the government after protests escalate dramatically. He allows people to leave captivity and the Communist Party collapses like like the wall.
