Cold War By googieme3 May 7, 1945 End Of WWll Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade Begins Oct 1, 1949 Mao Zedong takes over China Jun 25, 1950 Korean WAr Begins Jul 29, 1958 NATO Created Aug 13, 1959 Cuba Taken Over by Castro Nov 8, 1960 Kennedy Becomes President Apr 14, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy gets Assasinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Aug 8, 1974 Nixon Resigns Nov 23, 1974 SALT 1 Signed Jun 18, 1979 SALT 2 Signed Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan Becomes President Nov 6, 1986 Iran Conra affair Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls