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Which year did it happen? (Cold War)

Based on the statements below, name the year in which the events occur.
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Last updated: August 8, 2022
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The Berlin Blockade begins
1948
The USSR successfully test their first nuclear weapon
1949
The Korean War begins
1950
The world's first hydrogen bomb is tested at Enewetak atoll by the USA
1952
The Rosenbergs are executed for spying on behalf of the USSR
1953
The Viet Minh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
1954
The Vietnam War begins
1955
The Suez Crisis occurs
1956
The USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite into space
1957
The Bay of Pigs Invasion results in a failure
1961
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The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs
1962
JFK is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
1963
The Six-Day War results in a victory for Israel
1967
The Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia in order to suppress the Prague Spring
1968
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon
1969
Richard Nixon resigns due to the Watergate scandal
1974
The Iranian Revolution occurs, resulting in the overthrow of the Shah
1979
The Berlin Wall falls
1989
Germany is reunified
1990
The USSR collapses following the failed August Coup
1991
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