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| 1979-1980 |
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American hostage crisis in Iran |
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| 1979-1989 |
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Soviet war in Afghanistan |
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| 1979 |
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Nicaraguan Revolution |
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| 1981 |
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AIDS first detected |
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| 1983 |
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Strategic Defense Initiative authorized (U.S.) |
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| 1985 |
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Gorbachev becomes general secretary of Communist Party (Soviet Union) |
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| 1986 |
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Chernobyl nuclear accident (Soviet Union) |
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| 1989 |
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Berlin Wall falls |
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| 1989 |
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Tiananmen Square demonstrations (China) |
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| 1989 |
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Eastern European Communist regimes topple |
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| 1989-2001 |
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Secession wars in former Yugoslavia |
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| 1990 |
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Germany reunited |
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| 1990 |
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Mandela released from prison |
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| 1990-1998 |
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Civil war in Rwanda (Africa) |
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| 1991 |
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Dissolution of Soviet Union |
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| 1991 |
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Gulf War (Middle East) |
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| 1991 |
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Maastricht Treaty (Europe) |
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| 1992 |
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiated |
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| 1992 |
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Earth Summit (Rio de Janeiro) |
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| 1994 |
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Chiapas Revolt begins (Mexico) |
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| 1994 |
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Free elections in South Africa |
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| 1995 |
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Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) |
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| 2001 |
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Civilian airliners crashed into World Trade Center and Pentagon (U.S.) |
