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Vietnam War
[https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War]
has roots in Vietnam's centuries of domination in imperial and colonial powers. Nationalists movements emerged in Vietnam, demanding more self-governance and less French influence -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
[https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion]
a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group. it was intended to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Fidel Castro. -
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Cuban Missile crisis
[https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis]
a confrontation between the US and the soviet union concerning soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
JFK Assassination
[https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/jfk-assassination]
JF Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder but there has always been speculation that he was not alone killer and that there may have been communist or CIA complicity. -
USSR
Nikita Khrushchev removed from office. He was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. -
SALT
[https://www.britannica.com/event/Strategic-Arms-Limitation-Talks]
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR. -
Building of the Berlin war
[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built]
constructed by the german democratic republic. the wall completely cut off west berlin from surrounding East Germany and from east berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989l
