Cold War By Adam208 Jun 24, 1948 Berlin blockade Period: Jun 24, 1948 to Aug 28, 1991 Cold War Aug 29, 1949 Soviet union exploded there first atomic bomb Jul 16, 1952 US Exloded their first thermonucular bomb Jul 16, 1953 Soviet Union explode their first thermonucluar bomb Oct 29, 1956 Suez crises Nov 4, 1956 Soviet Union invade Hungary Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Feb 1, 1958 Explorer 1 Jul 26, 1959 Fidel Castro Oct 18, 1959 U-2 spy plane shot down Soviet union shot plane down an dcaptured Francias Gary Powers. Apr 17, 1961 Bay of pigs Cubans under dictator Fidel Castro fight refuges Aug 13, 1961 Berlin wall built Oct 19, 1962 Cuban Missile crisas Aug 5, 1963 Nuclear test ban treaty Aug 20, 1968 Warsaw pact czeh republic May 26, 1969 Salt talks May 15, 1975 Helsinki accords Dec 24, 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan Dec 13, 1980 Solditary Mar 11, 1985 Grorbotrov May 15, 1990 Brelin wall comes down
