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16 Cards in this Set
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Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City
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1960
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Adolf Eichmann on Trial for Role in Holocaust &
Berlin Wall Built |
1961
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Nelson Mandella Sentenced Life in Prison
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1964
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Mao Tse Tune (Zedong) Launches the Cultural Revolution
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1966
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6 Day War in Middle East &
Stalin's Daughter Defects & Che Guevara Killed |
1967
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Start of 'The Troubles' in Ireland
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1968
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Yasser Arafat becomes Leader of PLO
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1969
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Palestinian Group Hijacks 5 Planes
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1970
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The First British Soldier to Die in 'The Troubles' in Northern Island Was Shot by IRA
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1971
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Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland - 27 Massacred Participating in a Civil Rights March in Derry &
Terrorist Attacks the Olympic Games in Munich |
1972
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Mikhail Baryshnikov defects &
The Provisional IRA Ups it's Provincial Attacks Within Mainland U.K, Targeting Many Barrack Towns & Halie Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia Desposed |
1974
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Civil War in Lebenon &
Pol Pot Becomes Communist Dictator of Camodia |
1975
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North & South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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1976
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South African Anti-Apharteid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death
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1977
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Ayatollah Khomeini Returns as Leader of Iran &
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran & Maragaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain |
1979
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Berlin Wall Falls
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1989
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