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Yom Kippur War
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the holiest day in the Jewish calendar — Egypt and Syria opened a coordinated surprise attack against Israel -
Helsinki Accods
major diplomatic agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland, at the conclusion of the first Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE; now called the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe -
Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
picter ceditOn August 27th, 1979, in Sanadaj, nine Kurdish rebels and two former police officers were tried and sentenced to death -
Irania Hostage Ccrisis
iran hostage crisis came to an end with the release 52 american from captivity. held for more than a year,the hostages, who orignally numberd 66, served as pawns in a game of international brinkmanship between the iranian government -
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Srategic Defense Initiative
picture cridetThe Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
INF Treaty
Treaty eliminated all nuclear-armed ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (about 300 to 3400 miles) and their infrastructure -
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Fall of the Berline Wall
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Camp David Accords
