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Korean War
Communits North Korea attacked Democratic south Korea supported by the US. The war ended in a stailmate after 3 yearsof fighting and the still reamain sepert to this day. info found at: http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war -
Sputnik Launched
The world's first artifical satellite was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
info found at:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched -
U2 spy plane shot down
An us spyplane was flying over the Soviet Union by a land to air Missle. The pilot Gary Powers was captured by the Soviet Union and put him on trial as a spy. At first the US denide spying on the Soviet Union but later fessed up and traded Gary for a Soviet spy.
info Found at http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down -
Berlin Wall goes up
During the night Soviet troop buitl a barbed wire fence seperating Communist east Berlin and Democratic west Berlin and kept makeing tit more forified which eventually ran the Soviet union dry. It was a literal symbole of the Iron curtain of communism. The wall stood till October of 1989.
info found at:http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Soviet Union wanted toput laong range nucular missles in cuba to potentally use agenst US. The Us Used a naval blockade to prevent soviet ship from makeing it to cuba.
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Russia Invades Afghanistan
Soveit troops invaded Afghanistan to set up a Communist goverment. Mujahideen funded by the U.S. fought agenst the soviets which caused major financial burdent that colapts the Soveit Union.
