Europe and North America lesson 19 study guide

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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.