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Creation of Berlin Wall
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-berlin-wall-28-year-history-1779495 The Berlin Wall was a physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. Its purpose was to keep disaffected East Germans from fleeing to the West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S.and the Soviet Union engaged in a 13-day political and military standoff. The standoff was over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba, which is 90 miles off of US shores. -
USA Enters Vietnam War
The US offers full support to South Vietnam to fight off the communist North Vietnam. -
Six-Day War in Middle East
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/six-day-war A brief, bloody conflict between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. -
Yom Kippur War
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/yom-kippur-war Hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
