cold war timeline

Nov 14, 1908

ra of McCarthyism begins - 1908, November 14. McCarthy is born in rural Grand Chute Township, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, the fourth of seven children to Timothy and Bridget Tierney McCarthy.
May 26, 1938

House Un-American Activities Committee formed may 26 1938
Feb 1, 1945

Yalta Conference - In February, 1945, Joesph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met again. -
Jul 16, 1945

Potsdam Conference - On 16 July 1945, the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. In this, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee
Jul 29, 1947

Marshall Plan - (July, 1947) Though part of the Marshall Plan was meant to help the badly damaged Europe recover from WWII, the other part of the Marshall Plan was meant to prevent communism from gaining a stronghold in war torn countries. Certain countr
Jun 19, 1953

Rosenberg Execution On June 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are the first two U.S. citizens to be executed for committing espionage. They were caught conspiring to transmit atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
May 1, 1955

Warsaw Pact formation - . May 1 1955
Oct 4, 1957

- On October 4, 1957 the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was successfully launched.
Apr 12, 1961

First Man in Space - April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in h
May 5, 1961

First American in Space - On May 5, 1961, Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. His 15-minute sub-orbital flight made him the first American in space.
Mar 29, 1969

1969 American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon.
Apr 1, 2009

NATO formation-On April 1, 2009, two countries were newly admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus, there are now 28 member states. The U.S.-led military alliance was created in 1949 as a result of the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
Jun 27, 2010

Berlin Airlift-June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949

ra of McCarthyism begins - 1908, November 14. McCarthy is born in rural Grand Chute Township, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, the fourth of seven children to Timothy and Bridget Tierney McCarthy.

House Un-American Activities Committee formed may 26 1938

Yalta Conference - In February, 1945, Joesph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met again. -

Potsdam Conference - On 16 July 1945, the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. In this, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee

Marshall Plan - (July, 1947) Though part of the Marshall Plan was meant to help the badly damaged Europe recover from WWII, the other part of the Marshall Plan was meant to prevent communism from gaining a stronghold in war torn countries. Certain countr

Rosenberg Execution On June 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are the first two U.S. citizens to be executed for committing espionage. They were caught conspiring to transmit atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

Warsaw Pact formation - . May 1 1955

- On October 4, 1957 the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was successfully launched.

First Man in Space - April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in h

First American in Space - On May 5, 1961, Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. His 15-minute sub-orbital flight made him the first American in space.

1969 American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon.

NATO formation-On April 1, 2009, two countries were newly admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Thus, there are now 28 member states. The U.S.-led military alliance was created in 1949 as a result of the Soviet blockade of Berlin.

Berlin Airlift-June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949