Timeline: Cold War | Timetoast

Period: Feb 4, 1947 to Aug 6, 1991

The Cold War
Period: Nov 19, 1947 to Nov 19, 1954

The Second Red Scare
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 1, 1975

The Vietnam War

The United States was in a war with Vietnam.
Period: Nov 19, 1955 to Nov 19, 1964

Khrushchev was in power
Period: Oct 4, 1959 to Jul 19, 1969

The Space Race
Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Nov 9, 1989

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was created in 1961 and it was taken down in 1989
Oct 14, 1961

Cuban Miissle
Period: Nov 19, 1961 to Nov 19, 1963

President Kennedy was in office
Period: Jan 6, 1963 to Jan 5, 1969

President Johnson

President Johnson was in Office from 1963-1969
Period: Nov 19, 1964 to Nov 19, 1982

Brezhnev was in power
Period: Jan 6, 1969 to Jan 5, 1974

President Nixon

President Nixon was in office
Period: Jan 6, 1974 to Nov 19, 1977

President Ford

President Ford was in office
Period: Jan 6, 1977 to Jan 6, 1981

President Carter was in office
Period: Jan 1, 1981 to Jan 1, 1989

Regan was in office
Period: Mar 14, 1985 to Dec 1, 1991

Gorbachev was in power in USSR

USSR Gorbachev 85-91
Dec 1, 1991

USSR falls apart