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48 Cards in this Set
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The U2 Crisis (D,M,Y) |
1 May 1960 |
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Khrushchev admits that he has Powers (D,M,Y) |
7 May 1960 |
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Rebellion in East Germany (Y) |
1953 |
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2 million East Berliners defect across the border (Y) |
1961 |
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Khrushchev demands that the USA give Berlin to the USSR (M,Y) |
Jun 1961 |
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Barbed wire put up between East and West Germany (D,M,Y) |
13 Aug 1961 |
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Berlin wall erection begins (D,M,Y) |
16 Aug 1961 |
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'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech (Y) |
1963 |
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USA sends Ham the chimp into space (M,Y) |
Jan 1961 |
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Alan Shepherd flies 'Freedom 7' into space (M,Y) |
May 1961 |
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Telstar goes on air (Y) |
1962 |
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Y) |
1963 |
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Batista becomes leader of Cuba (Y) |
1934 |
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Fidel Castro becomes leader (Y) |
1959 |
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John F Kennedy becomes President (M,Y) |
Jan 1961 |
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Cuban rebels land at the Bay of Pigs (M,Y) |
Apr 1961 |
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Castro declares himself a communist (M,Y) |
Dec 1961 |
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Castro receives shipments from the USSR (M,Y) |
Jun 1962 |
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Castro receives medium range missiles (M,Y) |
Sep 1962 |
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Operation Mongoose launches (M,Y) |
Oct 1962 |
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USA planes spot Soviet missiles on Cuban launch pads (D,M,Y) |
14 Oct 1962 |
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Kennedy announces a blockade on Cuba (D,M,Y) |
22 Oct 1961 |
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Soviet ship encounter the USA ships for the first time (D,M,Y) |
24 Oct 1962 |
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Khrushchev sends letters to Kennedy (D,M,Y) |
26+27 Oct 1962 |
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Kennesy agrees to the terms of Khrushchev's first letter (D,M,Y) |
28 Oct 1962 |
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USSR agrees to emove the missiles (D,M,Y) |
28 Oct 1962 |
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Missiles withdrawal begins (D,M,Y) |
3 Nov 1962 |
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Naval blockade ends (D,M,Y) |
20 Nov 1962 |
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Alexander Dubcek comes into power (M,Y) |
Jan 1968 |
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Brezhnev Doctrine (D,M,Y) |
3 Aug 1968 |
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Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia (D,M,Y) |
20 Aug 1968 |
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Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire (M,Y) |
Jan 1969 |
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Dubcek is replaced by Gustav Husak (Y) |
1969 |
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Richard Nixon becomes President (Y) |
1969 |
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China is allowed to join the UN (Y) |
1961 |
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Nixon goes to Moscow and China (Y) |
1972 |
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East and Germany agree to recognize each their borders (Y) |
1972 |
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Brezhnev goes to Washington DC (Y) |
1974 |
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US and USSR astronauts dock their spacecrafts together (M,Y) |
Jul 1975 |
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SALT begin (Y) |
1969 |
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SALT 1 agreement (Y) |
1972 |
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Helsinki Agreement (M,Y) |
Aug 1975 |
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Iranian Shah Is overthown (M,Y) |
Jan 1979 |
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US hostages held in Tehran (M,Y) |
Nov 1979 |
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Soviet troops invade (D,M,Y) |
25 Dec 1979 |
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New Afghani government established (D,M,Y) |
1 Jan 1980 |
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SALT 2 talks fail (Y) |
1977 |
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SALT 2 agreement reached (Y) |
1979 |
