<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Velvet Revolution">Velvet Revolution</a>: In the face of protests, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia" id="mwAWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Communist Party of Czechoslovakia">Communist Party of Czechoslovakia</a> announces it will give up its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly" id="mwAWU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monopoly">monopoly</a> on political power.