Cold War By qbob1994 Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies Apr 12, 1945 Harry S. Truman becomes 33rd President Jul 16, 1945 Potsdam Conference Sep 12, 1945 Red Scare Begins Jun 2, 1948 Berlin Airlift Begins Apr 4, 1949 NATO was created May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade was lifted Dec 1, 1949 Chinese Revolution Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Jan 20, 1953 Harry S. Truman finishes second presidential term Jan 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President Jul 26, 1953 Cuban Revolution Begins Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Ends May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Begins Oct 23, 1956 Haungarian Revolution Oct 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik Jan 1, 1959 Cuban Revolution Ends Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower finishes second presidential term Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall erected Apr 14, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson become 36th President Jan 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson finishes presidential terms Jan 20, 1969 Richard Nixon becomes 37th President Apr 9, 1974 Richard Nixon resigns Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Ends Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes 40th President Jan 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan finishes second presidential term Aug 19, 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall