Cold War By Elina1234 1946 Churchill's speech - "iron curtain" 1947 Partition of Europe 1947 Truman Doctrine 1948 Arab Israeli 1949 Chinese Communist Rev - 1st successful soviet nuclear test 1950 Start of Korean Civil War 1953 Stalemate Korean Civil War 1954 Start of Vietnam War Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 Feb 1, 1958 Explorer 1 Jul 29, 1958 NASA 1961 Yuri Gargarin orbits earth May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard - first American in space May 25, 1961 Kenney statement 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn - First American to orbit earth 1965 US enter Vietnam War 1967 Arab Israeli 1967 Death of Yuri Gargarin 1967 Fire in Apollo 1 Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 1973 End of Vietnam War 1973 Arab Israeli 1975 Start of Angolan Civil War 1979 Start of Salvadorian Civil War 1979 Start of Soviet Afghan 1985 Gorbachev comes to power 1989 End of Soviet Afghan 1989 Berlin Wall 1991 Collapse of USSR 1992 End of Salvadorian Civil war 2002 End of Angolan Civil War