Cold War By WarHeroVI Nov 18, 1924 USSR Stalin 24-53 Stalin was the leader of the USSR till 1953 Nov 18, 1945 President Truman 45-53 Period: Mar 18, 1946 to Nov 18, 1991 Cold War Timeline Nov 18, 1946 Churchill warns of Iron Curtain-46 Nov 19, 1947 Second Red Scare/McCarthyism 47-54 Nov 18, 1948 Berlin blockade The wall was up till it went down in 1989 Nov 18, 1950 Rosenberg/Sobel Trial 50-53 Trial to determine Nuclear secrets were leaked or not Nov 18, 1950 Korean War 50-53 Nov 19, 1953 President Eisenhower 53-61 Nov 19, 1954 Vietnam 54-75 Nov 19, 1955 USSR Khrushchew 55-64 Nov 19, 1959 Space Race 59-75 Nov 19, 1961 President Kennedy 61-63 Nov 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Nov 19, 1961 Cuban Missle Crisis 61 Nov 19, 1963 President Johnson 63-69 Nov 19, 1964 Brezhnev 64-82 Nov 19, 1969 Berlin Wall 61-89 Nov 19, 1969 President Nixon 69-74 Nov 19, 1969 Detente 69 Nov 19, 1974 President Ford 74-77 Nov 19, 1977 President Carter 77-81 Nov 19, 1981 President Reagan 81-89 Nov 19, 1985 USSR Gorbachev 85-91 Nov 19, 1991 USSR falls apart 91