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The Vietnam War
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Berlin Wall Constructed
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Second Vatican Council
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Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique
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Civil Rights Act in the US
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Formation of the National Organization for Women
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May Events protests in France
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Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
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Greenpeace Founded
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OPEC oil embargo
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Helsinki Accords
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Thatcher becomes British PM
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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West German Green Party Founded
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Gorbachev named Soviet Premier
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Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Fall of communism in Eastern Europe
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US and USSR sign Arms Reduction Treaty
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Dissolution of the USSR