1940s-1980's

By hawk0467

  • Red China

    Red China
    Click for morePeople's Republic of China established.
  • Period: to

    1940s to 1980s

  • Hydrogen Bombs

    Hydrogen Bombs
    Click for moreHydrogen bombs finish testing after Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

  • Death of Joseph Stalin

    Death of Joseph Stalin
    Click for moreJoseph Stalin dies on March 5, 1953 while the leader of the Soviet Union

  • Death of Albert Einstein

    Death of Albert Einstein
    Click for moreAlbert Einstein dies on April 18, 1955 at 76 years old

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Click for moreThe first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, officially starting the space race.

  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Click here for moreFidel Castro gains power in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution and visited the U.S. later that year on an unofficial visit.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    Click for moreThe failed attempt by U.S.-trained Cuban exiles and the CIA to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro.

  • John Glenn

    John Glenn
    Click for moreJohn Glenn flies the first American manned orbital mission on Feb. 20, 1962

  • John F. Kennedy Assassination

    John F. Kennedy Assassination
    Click for morePresident John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22, 1963 while in an open convertible in Dallas, Texas.

  • Russians in Afghanistan

    Russians in Afghanistan
    Click for moreFollowing their invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviets fight a ten year war from 1979-1989.