During the cold war, which event occurred last?
(1) cuban missile crisis
(2) destruction of the berlin wall
(3) berlin airlift
(4) launch of sputnik by the soviet union

The correct answer is 2. During the Cold War, the event that occurred last was the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Explanation:

-The Berlin airlift started on June 25, 1948, with the landing of the first C-47 cargo plane at the Tempelhof airport in Berlin. It was a response to the blockade of Berlin by the Soviet Union, and lasted until May 12, 1949.

-Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet Union, was the first artificial satellite in history.

-The Cuban Missile Crisis was the conflict between the United States, the Soviet Union and Cuba in October 1962, generated by the discovery by the United States of bases of Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuban territory.

-The Berlin Wall fell on the night of Thursday 9 to Friday 10 November 1989, 28 years after its construction. The opening of the wall, known in Germany as Die Wende (The change), was a consequence of the demands for freedom of movement in the former GDR.

England’s colonization of the Atlantic coast in the 17th century, which laid the foundation for the United States of America. The centuries following the European arrivals would see the culmination of this effort, as Americans pushed westward across the continent, enticed by the lure of riches, open land and a desire to fufill the nation’s manifest destiny