Coled War Timeline By tanyastox1 Apr 10, 1945 End Of WW2 Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade Begins Apr 4, 1949 NATO Created Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Sep 27, 1954 Mao Zedong Takes over China Jan 3, 1959 Cuban Taken Over By Castro Jan 2, 1960 Kennedy Elected Persident January 2, 1960 Jan 20, 1961 Nixon Resigns Apr 17, 1961 Bay Of Pigs Invasion Sep 20, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf Of Tonkin Incident Nov 17, 1969 SALT 1 Jun 18, 1979 SALT 2 Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan Elected President Nov 2, 1986 Iran Conra Affair Aug 19, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls