COLD WAR! By loins10 Period: Sep 2, 1945 to Dec 25, 1991 COLD WAR! Nov 20, 1945 End of World War II Nov 20, 1945 Germany Splits Nov 20, 1949 Communist Control China Nov 20, 1949 Soviets Test Nuclear Technology Nov 20, 1954 - Communists Invade Vietnam Nov 20, 1955 Austrian State Treaty Nov 20, 1957 Sputnik Satellite Launched Nov 20, 1959 Castro Controls Cuba Nov 20, 1960 Soviet/American Summit in Paris Nov 20, 1960 Gary Powers is Captured During Summit Nov 20, 1960 John F. Kennedy is Elected President Nov 20, 1961 Berlin Wall is Erected Nov 20, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Nov 20, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 20, 1963 Hotline Agreement Nov 20, 1963 Detente Nov 20, 1963 Kennedy is Assassinated Nov 20, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President Nov 20, 1969 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Nov 20, 1972 Nixon Goes to China Nov 20, 1988 Gorbachev Becomes Premier of Soviet Union Nov 20, 1988 Berlin Wall Collapses Nov 20, 1991 Communism in Russia Dies Dec 25, 1991 WAR IS OVER