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Berlin Wall Collapses
was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961 -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. -
Caribbean basin inititave
The trade programs known collectively as the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) remain vital elements in U.S. economic relations with our neighbors in Central America and in the Caribbean. The CBI is intended to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies. -
Iran Contra Affair
Was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union came to an end. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The Soviet Union's first McDonald's fast food restaurant opens in Moscow. -
Germany is reunified
The German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) to form the reunited nation of Germany -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
First president of the Russian federation.
