Talk:Timeline of events in the Cold War

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[edit] Fischer-Spassky 1972

World championship match of the century anyone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.122.45.241 (talk) 18:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I've added it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.226.77.23 (talk) 15:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tidy up

I have gone through this article making the following changes:

All instances of past tense(s) changed to present as per Timeline of chemistry noted as an example in Wikipedia:Timeline
U.S. and U.S.S.R. to US and USSR as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations)
Major increase in links to other articles
One or two removals of indecipherable English and rewording of dubious prose
Conversion of the few non-American English spellings to American English in the interests of consistency as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style
Removal of the section about the arrival of A-10 aircraft as it lacks relevance

There is still lots to be done on the referencing, and I may have missed a few style points, but it's a start. Davidelit (talk) 14:56, 9 June 2008 (UTC)