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U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The U.S. decided to boycot the games because the Soviot invasion in to Afganistan. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
The SDI was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
The Caribbean Basin Intiative aimed to provide several tariff and trade benefits to many Central American and Caribbean countries. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Iran-Contra Affair
Iran–Contra affairwas a political scandal in the United States in which senior administration officials sold arms to iran . -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union .It got rid of nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges that can go between 300-3,400 miles. -
Berlin Wall collapses
The Berlin Wall was a barrior between East and West Berlin.In 1989 the East Berlin Government said that all east german citizens could go to West German.After that the wall was taken down . -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
It was opened by the Canadan Mcdonalds. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
He was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. -
Germany is reunified
When East and West Germany were reunited after being serperate since the end of WWII. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
The Warsaw Pact is dissolved at a meeting in Prague. -
end of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union is dissolved into seperate states. The Russian Federation takes the Soviet unions spot in the United Nations