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Events on Thursday 12 May 1949 1
1949Berlin Blockade endsSoviet Union lifts its blockade of West BerlinThe Soviet Union lifted its blockade of West Berlin after nearly a year, during which the United States and Britain sustained the city through the Berlin Airlift. The crisis hardened Cold War divisions and spurred the formation of NATO.