APUSH Cold War Foreign Timeline By ktmrob Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 Death of FDR Apr 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman's presidency begins 12 Apr 1945 Jul 12, 1945 Potsdam Oct 24, 1945 United Nations is formed Mar 5, 1946 Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Feb 1, 1947 Britain asks USA to take over its role in supporting Greece Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Announced Jun 5, 1947 Marshall Plan is announced Sep 2, 1947 Rio Pact signed May 14, 1948 Israel is established Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949 Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift: 24 Jun 1948 - 11 May 1949 Apr 4, 1949 NATO is formed Aug 29, 1949 Soviets explode atomic bomb Oct 1, 1949 Mao declares the creation of the People's Republic of China Jun 25, 1950 North Korea crosses the 38th Parallel Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Mar 29, 1951 Rosenbergs are convicted of espionage Apr 11, 1951 MacArthur is relieved of duties Jun 21, 1951 Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq of Iran explains his nationalism policy Jan 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman's presidency ends Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies Aug 12, 1953 Soviets complete hydrogen bomb Aug 19, 1953 Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq is overthrown May 7, 1954 French Defeated by Ho Chi Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu Jun 18, 1954 CIA takes out Guatemalan President May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Oct 1, 1956 Suez Canal Crisis Oct 23, 1956 Hungarian Revolution Jan 5, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine is unveiled Oct 4, 1957 Soviet satellite Sputnik is launched Jan 1, 1959 Cuban Dictator, Fulgencio Batista, falls from power May 1, 1960 Russians shoot down U-2 spy plane Jan 3, 1961 United States stops diplomatic relations with Cuba Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy's presidency Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall divides Berlin Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jun 20, 1963 US and Soviet Union set up hotline for future crisis Aug 5, 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty Signed Nov 2, 1963 South Vietnamese President Diem dies Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin "incident" Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed Johnson controls war w/o Congress Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive starts Mar 16, 1968 Mai Lai Massacre Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 Richard M. Nixon's Presidency Jun 1, 1971 Pentagon Papers released Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace accords signed Jan 27, 1973 American forces leave Vietnam; Vietnam Border will be respected Mar 29, 1973 The last American soldiers leave Vietnam Apr 29, 1975 All Americans have left Vietnam Apr 30, 1975 North Vietnamese capture Saigon