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D-Day Invasion
- Operation OVERLORD oversaw the landing of DDAY on June 6, 1944, where the Allies (UK, US, CA) landed on Normandy.
- Key Words: OVERLORD, Normandy, Allies
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Creation of the United Nations
- The United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 after UN Charter was ratified by 29 nations, including the US, the UK, France, China, and the Soviet Union.
- The prohibition of force in international relations, the equal rights of all people, the maintenance of peace, the sovereign equality of states, and saving future generations from war.
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Berlin Airlift
- Due to the Berlin Blockade by Soviet Union, Western powers send airlifts with supplies to refill the cities supplies.
- Lasted from Jun 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949
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China Becomes Communist
- Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
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Explorer I Launched
- First US satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments.
- Key Words: satellite, first, instruments
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Military landing operation in southwestern Cuba in 1961 by US & Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front, consisting of Cuban exiles. Failed. Lasted 3 days.
- Keywords: Cuban invasion, 1961, fail
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Construction of Berlin Wall Begins
- Become symbol of the Cold War and a tangible manifestation of the world's separation into two distinct ideological blocs. Illustrating the division between the west and east.
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Cuban Missle Crisis (October Crisis or Caribbean Crisis)
- Major 13-day confrontation in 1962 that brought the US and the SU (Soviet Union) close to war over the presence of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba, and US armed missiles in Italy and Turkey.
- Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 29, 1962