The End of the Cold War
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 8 ene 2019
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Created byOlivia Doyle
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Socialists in Italian gov'tGB Labour Party returns to powerWilly Brandt (first Social Democratic West German Chancellor)Charles de Gaulle resigns as French PresidentWilly Brandt flies to Poland for treaty of reconciliationBuilding of Berlin Wallrelaxation of east-west tensions / detentejoint US/ USSR space missionHelsinki Accordssigning of Charter 77 in Czechoslovakiafirst oil shockPolish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow elected PopePolish strikescreation of Solidarity in PolandSolidarity conflict with USSRgeneral/ head of Poland's communist government Wojcieh Jaruzelski proclaims martial law & arrests Solidarity leadersSoviet invasion of AfghanistanWidespread consumer dissatisfaction in USSRnuclear accident at CherynobylFirst free election in USSR in 70 yearsUSSR troops withdrawn from AfghanistanWashington Summit between Reagan and Gorbachevlegalization of Solidarity and free elections in Polandrevolts in PolandTadeusz Mazowiecki (Solidarity newspaper editor) elected Prime Minister of PolandPolish gov't abolishes price controlsHungary's Communist Party boss Janos Kadar replaced by reform minded communistHungarian communist party agrees to free electioneast germany opens Berlin WallVaclav Havel elected President pf CzechoslovakiaMass protests in RomaniaWest Germany's Helmut Kohl presents ten point plan for unification with east GermanyAlliance for Germany won 50% of votes in east German Parliamentary electionagreement between Gorbachev (USSR) and Kohl (germany)east and west Germany unifyParis AccordPresident George H.W. Bush cancels around-the-clock alert status for American bombersattemped kidnap of Gorbachev and failed coupPope john Paul II returns to PolandSolidarity driven undergroundCongress of People's Deputies formedEnd of Soviet UnionPeríodos
The Brezhnev YearsThe Gorbachev YearsPresident Jimmy Carter (US)President Ronald ReaganYuri Andropov (USSR)Velvet Revolution in CzechoslovakiaUS President George H. W. Bushradical, reform Communist Boris Yeltsin parliamentary leader of USSR
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