Cold war By jlasby Jul 2, 1944 G.I. Bill Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1953 Truman Presidency Period: Jan 2, 1946 to Dec 2, 1964 Baby Boomers Mar 5, 1946 Churchill speech on "Iron Curtain" Apr 14, 1947 Taft-Harley Act Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Mar 5, 1953 Stalin dies Period: Jan 1, 1954 to Jan 1, 1961 Eisenhower presidency May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott Jan 15, 1960 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was formed Apr 14, 1960 Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee forms (SNCC) Period: Jan 2, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy presidency Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs May 14, 1961 Congress sponsers the Freedom Rides Aug 15, 1961 Berlin Wall Oct 15, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Nov 22, 1963 John Kennedy Assasination Period: Nov 23, 1963 to Jan 1, 1969 Johnson presidency Apr 14, 1964 Civil rights act of 1964 Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Dec 14, 1964 VISTA prgram begins Feb 14, 1965 Johnson establishes a Medicare system Mar 25, 1965 March of Selma Jul 14, 1965 Johnsons Housing and Urban Development Act Jul 16, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Jul 15, 1966 NOW (National Organization for Women) was founded Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive Mar 16, 1968 My Lai Massacre Apr 4, 1968 Matin Luther King Jr. Assasination Period: Jan 2, 1969 to Jan 1, 1974 Nixon Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Mustic Festival May 5, 1970 Four students killed at Kent State University Apr 15, 1971 Pentagon papers leaked Feb 15, 1972 Nixon and Kissinger visits Communist China Jun 16, 1972 Watergate Jul 15, 1972 Nixon Visits Soviet union Jan 15, 1973 Nixon announces that American troops would leave Vietnam in 60 days Apr 14, 1973 Roe Vs. Wade Oct 20, 1973 Saturday Night Massacre Period: Aug 8, 1974 to Jan 1, 1977 Ford presidency Aug 9, 1974 Nixon resigns Period: Jan 2, 1977 to Jan 1, 1981 Carter presidency Jun 15, 1978 Camp David Accords Nov 4, 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis Period: Jan 2, 1981 to Jan 1, 1989 Reagen presidency Apr 15, 1986 Reform Act of 1986 Oct 15, 1986 Iran-Contra Affair