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End of Cold War
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Events
Charles de Gaulle resigns
Brandt signs treaty of reconciliation and visits ghetto memorials
Helsinki Accords
Charter 77 signed
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected pope as John Paul II
John Paul II returns to Poland from Rome preaching about inalienable rights of man and the love of Christ
Solidarity driven underground by Polish communist leader Jaruzelski
Walesa settles for minor government concessions and Solidarity drops plans of massive general strike
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Chernobyl
Congress of People's Deputies formed
Soviet troops withdrawn from Afghanistan
US and Soviet Union agree to eliminate all land-based intermediate-range missiles in Europe
Poland on brink of collapse due to strikes and the Solidarity's refusal to cooperate with the military government
Agreement signed that Solidarity was legalized and that a large minority of representatives to the polish parliament would be elected
Mazowiecki elected as new noncommunist prime minister of Poland
Polish government abolishes controls on many prices
Hungarian Communist Party agrees to hold free elections the following March
Berlin Wall opens
Kohl presents a ten-point plan for step-by-step unification in cooperation with both East Germany and the international community
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Allies win nearly 50% of votes in East German parliamentary election
East and West Germany merge into one nation
Paris Accord
Boris Yeltsin elected as parliamentary leader of the Russian Soviet Public
Gorbachev resigns
end of Soviet Union
attempted coup of Gorbachev's government
Periods
Brezhnev Years
Gorbachev Years
Willy Brandt is the first Social Democratic West German chancellor
strikes break out across Poland
Jimmy Carter's presidency
Ronald Reagan's presidency
Velvet Revolution
revolution in Romania
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