Cold War Timeline By sientecinco75 Aug 28, 1943 Mao Zedong Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade Begins Apr 4, 1949 NATO Created May 12, 1949 Berlin Walls Falls Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Jul 28, 1959 Cuba Taken Over By Castro Apr 17, 1961 Bay Of Pigs Invasion Oct 11, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident May 26, 1972 SALT I Signed Aug 9, 1974 Nixion Resigns Jul 18, 1979 SALT II Signed Nov 28, 1980 Ronald Reagan Elected President Aug 20, 1985 Iran Contra Affair