Timeline: A History of the Cold War

Period: Jan 1, 1938 to Jan 1, 1975

H.U.A.C.
Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference

Start: February 4
Feb 11, 1945

Mutually Assured Destruction (Start)

Still policy today
Mar 5, 1946

Iron Curtain Speech
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine (Speech)
Apr 3, 1948

Marshall Plan (signed into law)
Jun 15, 1948

Berlin Airlift (Start)
Apr 4, 1949

NATO Formed
Aug 29, 1949

Soviet Detonation of the Atomic Bomb
Period: Aug 29, 1949 to Jan 1, 2001

Arms Race
Oct 1, 1949

Chinese Communist Revolution
Period: Feb 11, 1950 to Feb 11, 1956

McCarthyism / Red Scare
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Jul 1, 1950

Rosenberg Spy Case (Start)
Jan 21, 1951

Alger Hiss Conviction
Jan 1, 1952

McCaran - height of influence

McCarran Act
Nov 1, 1952

H-Bomb Detonation
Mar 5, 1953

Stalin's Death
Jan 12, 1954

"Massice Retaliation" Policy Announced
Mar 13, 1954

Dien Bien Phu (start)

March 13 to May 7
Apr 7, 1954

Domino Theory
Jun 18, 1954

Guatemelan Coup
Period: May 14, 1955 to Jan 1, 1991

Warsaw Pact
Period: Aug 2, 1955 to Jan 1, 1972

Space Race
Feb 24, 1956

Khrushchev's Secret Speeh
Period: Dec 12, 1956 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
Oct 4, 1957

Launching of Sputnik
Jan 1, 1959

Neutron Bomb
Feb 16, 1959

Fidel Castro to Power
Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 1, 1970

Period of Trsscom
May 1, 1960

U-2 Spy Plane Affair
Apr 15, 1961

Bay of Pigs
Aug 13, 1961

Berlin Wall
Oct 22, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 27, 1962

The B-59 Submarine Incident
Aug 5, 1963

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Aug 30, 1963

Hotline installed
Aug 7, 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Period: Oct 14, 1964 to Nov 10, 1982

Brezhnev Rule
Sep 30, 1965

Indonesian Coup
Jun 5, 1967

Six Day War (Start)
Jun 8, 1967

Attack on U.S.S. Liberty
Jan 5, 1968

Prague Spring Rebellion (start)
Jan 30, 1968

Tet Offensive (start)
May 22, 1968

U.S.S. Scorpion Lost
Period: Nov 13, 1968 to Jan 1, 1981

Brezhnev Doctrine
Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 1, 1979

Détente
Jan 28, 1969

Start of Vietnamization
Nov 1, 1969

SALT I
Period: Apr 17, 1975 to Jan 1, 1979

Cambodia and Khmer Rouger
Aug 1, 1975

Helsinki Accords
Nov 9, 1979

NORAD Computer Glitch
Period: Dec 1, 1979 to Feb 27, 1989

Afghanistan War
Period: Aug 31, 1980 to Jan 1, 1990

Polish Solidarity
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Reagan Presidency
Mar 23, 1983

SDI Proposed
Nov 7, 1983

Able Archer 83 Exercise
Jan 1, 1985

John Walker Imprisonment
Mar 11, 1985

Start of Perestroika
Mar 11, 1985

Start of Glastnost
Period: Mar 11, 1985 to Aug 24, 1991

Mikhail Gorbachev (Leads Soviet Union)
Jun 1, 1988

INF Treaty goes into effect
Oct 3, 1990

German Reunification

H.U.A.C.

Yalta Conference

Mutually Assured Destruction (Start)

Iron Curtain Speech

Truman Doctrine (Speech)

Marshall Plan (signed into law)

Berlin Airlift (Start)

NATO Formed

Soviet Detonation of the Atomic Bomb

Arms Race

Chinese Communist Revolution

McCarthyism / Red Scare

Korean War

Rosenberg Spy Case (Start)

Alger Hiss Conviction

McCaran - height of influence

H-Bomb Detonation

Stalin's Death

"Massice Retaliation" Policy Announced

Dien Bien Phu (start)

Domino Theory

Guatemelan Coup

Warsaw Pact

Space Race

Khrushchev's Secret Speeh

Vietnam War

Launching of Sputnik

Neutron Bomb

Fidel Castro to Power

Period of Trsscom

U-2 Spy Plane Affair

Bay of Pigs

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

The B-59 Submarine Incident

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Hotline installed

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Brezhnev Rule

Indonesian Coup

Six Day War (Start)

Attack on U.S.S. Liberty

Prague Spring Rebellion (start)

Tet Offensive (start)

U.S.S. Scorpion Lost

Brezhnev Doctrine

Détente

Start of Vietnamization

SALT I

Cambodia and Khmer Rouger

Helsinki Accords

NORAD Computer Glitch

Afghanistan War

Polish Solidarity

Reagan Presidency

SDI Proposed

Able Archer 83 Exercise

John Walker Imprisonment

Start of Perestroika

Start of Glastnost

Mikhail Gorbachev (Leads Soviet Union)

INF Treaty goes into effect

German Reunification

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