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Berlin blockade
Soviet union blocked western allies access to sectors of Berlin -
Korean war
A war between North Korea and South Korea -
Vietnam war
A war between north Vietnam supported by the soviet union china and other communist allies then on the other side there was south Vietnam with the US and other anti- communist allies -
cuban missle crisis
13 day confrontation between the US and the Soviet union over missiles -
Prague Spring
A period of political liberalization -
Apollo 11
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong lands on the moon -
Vietnam War ends
The war comes to an end with the US loosing -
Flight 007
Korean flight leaving from NY to Anchorage Alaska was shot down by Soviet -
Overthrow of communism in Europe
Due to the rise of revolutions communism is over thrown -
Ending of the cold war
The shedding of the Iron curtain. -
Formal dissolution of the ussr
The soviets officially grants self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union