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Indian independence
the Indian independence was an act of the parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned british India into two independent dominions of India and Pakistan -
Creation of Israel
jewish agency chair man David Ben-guru on proclaims the state of Israel establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years -
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Berlin airlift
the opposing economic structures of capatalism and communism emerged triumphant at the end of the war -
Launch of Sputnik
worlds first artificial satellite named after Russian world "satellite" diameter of 22 inches and 184 pounds -
Bay of pigs invasion
when dia-financed and trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist over meant of Fidel castro -
Assassination of Egyptian president Sadat
president a war el-Sadat of Egypt was hurt and killed by aground of men in military uniforms who hurled hand grenades and fired rifles as he watch the military parade -
Tiananmen Square protest
by the death of honor communist party general secretary,hu Yao bang,a liberal reformer who was despised after loosing a power struggle with hardliners over the direction of political and economic reforms -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
the spokesman for east beeline communist party announced a change in his relations with the west starting at midnight citizens were free to cross the country's border -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom -
Assassination of Israeli prime minister Rabin
was fatally shot after attending a peace rally held in tel Avis kings square in Israel,Rabin later died in surgery at ichilove hospital in tel aviv
