cold war By luistovarpumas Jun 25, 1950 Beginning of north korea and south korea Jul 15, 1959 Egypt announced its plans to nationalize the Suez Canal Apr 8, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Jun 23, 1968 an American research ship USS Pueblo is captured by the North Koreans Oct 14, 1969 Reagan and Gorbachev hold successful talks and agree to remove all intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe May 26, 1972 signals the easing of strained relations between the United States and Soviet Union Jun 18, 1979 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev sign limitations for nuclear weapons. Jun 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin wall Dec 10, 1989 the start of the end of the Cold War. Dec 31, 1991 all Soviet institutions are disbanded and cease operations, officially marking the end of the Cold War Period: Jun 25, 2012 to Jul 7, 2012 Beginning of the Korean War