Cold War By McKenna Soles Aug 14, 1945 Japanese Surrender. End of World War Two Jan 1, 1946 Cold War Begins Feb 28, 1948 Communist Takeover in Czechoslovakia Jan 1, 1949 NATO Formed Sep 28, 1949 Mao Zedong takes control of China Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Jan 1, 1953 Dwight D Eisenhower became the President of the United States of America Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Ends Mar 28, 1954 KGB Established Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launches into Space Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launches Jan 1, 1958 NASA formed Jan 1, 1959 Cuban Revolution Mar 27, 1960 Greensboro Sit-In Nov 28, 1960 John F. Kennedy is Elected President Jan 1, 1961 The Presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower ended Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 28, 1963 President Kennedy is Assassinated Nov 28, 1968 President Nixion is Elected Mar 28, 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower Dies Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon Aug 9, 1974 PResident Nixon Resigns Nov 4, 1980 Ronald Reagan is Elected President Mar 30, 1981 Reagan is Shot in the Chest but Survives Mar 27, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev takes over as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Jan 28, 1986 US Challenger Explodes Apr 27, 1986 Chernobyl Explosion Oct 27, 1987 Gorbachev sacks Boris Yeltsin Apr 14, 1988 The Soviet Union Begins to Withdraw Soldiers from Afgahnistan Mar 27, 1989 Yeltsin Gets Elected Nov 27, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Dec 27, 1989 Cold War Ends
