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formation of NATO
North Altlantic Treaty Organization -
Fidel castro
Cuba declares Fidel Castro to be the new premier and president -
OPEC founded
OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is founded by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela to coordinate petroleum production and pricing. -
bay of pigs invasion
Intended to overthrow the revolutionary left wing government of Fidel Castro. -
berlin wall
Berlin wall was created to seperate East Germans from West Germans -
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
It happened when the Soviet Union began building missile sites in Cuba in 1962. this crisis is seen as one of the most important confrontations of the Cold War. It may have been the moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war. -
Russia With Cuba
After conferring with Raul Castro, Che Guevara, Osvaldo Dorticos and Blas Roca, Fidel Castro informs the visiting Soviet officials that Cuba will accept the deployment of nuclear weapons. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
