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Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift was when both the U.S. and British pilots flew over Berlin and Dropped food and supplies for them -
Creation of NATO
NATO was created by the U.S. and Canada, this also included many Western European countries that were involved in stopping communism from spreading. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a pact that the USSR and several Eastern European countries signed which meant that they allied themselves with the Soviet Union -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first successful artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was constructed by the USSR to keep the people of Eastern Germany from immigrating over to Western Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the USSR tried to put missiles in Cuba which is only 90 miles off the coast of Florida -
Moon landing
The moon landing was when the U.S. managed to be the first country to ever put a man on the moon, that man's name was Niel Armstrong -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a wall put up by the Soviet Union the keep people from immigrating to Western Germany when it was torn down the people of Germany rejoiced at the fact that their country was once again whole.
