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Yalta Conference
A meeting of Britist Prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in early February of 1945 -
Truman Doctrine Announced
An American foreign policy meant to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. -
NATO Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Korean War Ends
U.S. and U.N. forces finally defeat North Korea in the Korean War -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Formed
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Warsaw Pact (formally, the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO) was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War, led by the USSR. -
Soviets Launch First Man Made Satellite
"Sputnik" was the first man made satellite to launch into low orbit. -
Fidel Castro Becomes Premier of Cuba
Fidel Castro is sworn in as Premier. -
Bay of Pigs Begins
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961 -
Berlin Wall is Built
Berlin Wall is built in Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis Begins
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
South Vietnam Falls to Communist Forces
South Vietnam Surrenders -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Soviet official, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. -
Berlin Wall is Torn Down
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
End of the Cold War
The actual date of the end of the Cold War is debated amongst many historians.
