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October 1949
Communists gain control of China -
August 1949
The Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb. -
November 1995
Israelí leader Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated -
October 1962
Soviet missiles in Cuba nearly lead to war between the Soviet Union and the United States. -
October 1962
Nelson Mandela is sent to prison in South Africa. -
October 1964
China tests a nuclear weapon. -
January 1979
Protestors overthrow the shah of Iran and form an Islamic government. -
November 1989
The Berlin Wall falls -
December 1991
The Soviet Union collapses. -
March 2003
The U.S led invasion of Iraq begins.