Cold War By pugsmugsrugshugs Mar 3, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Mar 3, 1947 Truman declairs active role in Greek Civil War Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade Sep 3, 1949 Soviets explode 1st attomic bomb Period: Jun 3, 1950 to Jul 3, 1953 Korean War Jan 12, 1951 Federal Civil Defense Administration established Jun 19, 1953 Rosenburn executions Mar 3, 1954 KGB Established Jan 3, 1959 Cuba taken ver by Fidel Castro May 3, 1960 Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory Period: Nov 3, 1960 to Nov 3, 1963 J. F Kennedy Apr 3, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Border closed Aug 17, 1961 construction of Berlin Wall Oct 3, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Jul 3, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified Apr 3, 1970 President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia Nov 3, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls