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Belgians in the Congo
the Belgian Congo became a colony of the Belgian Kingdom -
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syngman rhee
a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. -
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eisenhower
Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II -
the catcher in the rye
book that encourages individuals to toughen up and adapt to the rising, -
h-bomb
Ulam, and other American scientists developed the first hydrogen bomb, which was tested at Enewetak atoll. -
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dien bien phu fall
the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. -
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Children of thalidomide
some babies were still born or died very soon after birth, as many as 100,000 babies were affected by the drug in total -
bridge on the river
the two ends of the Burma-Thailand railway were joined at Konkoita in Thailand. Within 16 months the bridge was completed -
Sputnik
space program that sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three silver-zinc batteries became depleted. -
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bay of pigs invasion
a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 -
liston beats patterson
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rock and roller cola wars
The Cola wars are the long-time rivalry between soft drink producers -
AIDS
Aids virus seemed to emerge and there was no cure and its origins were a mystery -
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russians in afghanistan
The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anti-communist Muslim guerrillas during the Afghan War -
ayatollah in iran
Khomeini arrived in Tehran in triumph on February 1, 1979, and was acclaimed as the leader of the Iranian Revolution.