APUSH Foreign Side By rrabenstine Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 Death of FDR Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman's presidency Jul 12, 1945 Postdam Oct 24, 1945 The United Nations is formed Mar 5, 1946 Winston Churchill's Iorn Curtain Speech Feb 1, 1947 Britain asks the United States 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 in 1947 May 14, 1948 Israel is established Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949 Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift 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 Period Mar 29, 1951 Rosenbergs are convicted of espionage Apr 11, 1951 MacArthur is relieved of duties Jun 21, 1951 Prime Mnister Mohammed Mosadiq of Iran explains his nationalism policy 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 Mosadiq is overthrown May 7, 1954 French Defeated by Ho Chi Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu Jun 18, 1954 CIA takes out Guatamalan President May 14, 1955 WARSAW PACT is formed Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Oct 1, 1956 Suez Canal Crisis Egypt almost starts another war by going to the Soviets for arms. The British and French attacked Egypt. Oct 23, 1956 Hungarian Revolution Nikita Khruschev, the new leader of Soviet RUssia, ordered the revolution to be stopped through the means of the Soviet Army. Jan 5, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine is unvelied Oct 4, 1957 Soviet statelite Sputnik is launched Jan 1, 1959 Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista falls from power May 1, 1960 Russians shoot down U-2 spy plane, embarassing US 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 fiasco Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall divides Berlin Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Jun 20, 1963 US and Soviet Union set up hotline for any 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 Nov 17, 1969 US-Soviet Union SALT negotiations begin Jun 1, 1971 Pentagon Papers released Feb 21, 1972 Nixon visits Mao Zedong in China to negotiate trade Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace accords signed; American forces leave Vietnam; Vietnam Border will be respected. Mar 29, 1973 The last American soldiers leave Vietnam Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Gerald Ford's Presidency Apr 29, 1975 All Americans have left Vietnam Apr 30, 1975 North Vietnamese capture Saigon, capital of South Vietnam Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter's Presidency Sep 7, 1977 President Carter gives Panamal Canal to Panama Sep 17, 1978 Camp David Accords are signed, giving peace between Israel and Egypt Jan 1, 1979 President Carter recognizes the People's Republic of China Period: Nov 4, 1979 to Jan 20, 1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis Dec 20, 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan Jul 19, 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics- Americans are not allowed to participate Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan's Presidency Oct 25, 1983 The U.S invades the island of Grenada Period: Aug 20, 1985 to Mar 4, 1987 Iran-Contra Affair (we are sneaky about getting the hostages back and support anti-american countries with arms) Apr 17, 1986 US bombs Libyan air bases when we are threatened by Libyan gunboats.