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| Cold war developments included the agreement by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain on a Limited NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (Aug.) A UN Observation Mission was sent to Yemen when a civil war developed there with possible involvement of foreign forces. The mission was ended in 1964. | 1 |
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| Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet astronaut, became the first woman in space as the prime pilot of Vostok 6. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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