Cold War 1950 - 1960 By AmandaPietsch Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1960 Cold War Jan 12, 1951 Federal Ciliv Defense Administration established Jun 19, 1953 US spying leaders executed: Fuchs Rosenbergs Jul 27, 1953 Korean War ends Mar 13, 1954 KGB established Jul 26, 1954 Vietnam split at 17th parallel May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik launches into orbit Jan 16, 1959 Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro May 22, 1960 Soviet Union reveals the U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet Territory
