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Indian Independence
Gandhi started this passive movement after the first world war. Britian later gave India its independence because it was a major cost to keep. -
Creation of Israel
David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. -
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Berlin Airlift
The Soviets close the roads to try to "starve" West Berlin of supplies.
The United States, France, and Britian send planes carrying supplies to West Berlin, and in its peak they have a plane landing every three seconds. -
Launch of Sputnik
The launch of Sputnik shows the United States that the USSR has ICBM and they will use them. It also shows that the USSR has a presence in space. -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA trained Cubans that left their country after Fidel Castro took control of the contry. They trained to enter back into Cuba and try to overthrow the government -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
The USSR put missles in Cuba to put pressure on the United States for the Nuclear missle that they had in Turkey. The United States amde a deal with the USSr to take their nuclear missles out of turkey if the USSr takes their nuclear missles out of Cuba, and they both agree. -
Assassination of Egyptian President Sadat
He was assassinated during the annual parade held in Cairo to celebrate Operation Badr. The assassination was done by the members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. -
Tiananmen Square Protest
It started by students wanting more freedom and self-rights. The government called in the national guard to disperce the crowd, but enraged many people. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The head of the East German Communist Party said that people could cross the wall whenever they pleased.That night many citizens went out and slowly chipped away at the wall until it fell. -
Ayatollah Khomeini is Supreme Leader of Iran
Ruled the country where all decisions had to pass his authority. He hated the United States and Israel and based his economy off of that.
