-
one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
-
Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952
-
Stalin Dies and Kruschev steps in.
-
first satelite launched into space and first satelite to orbit earth. sent into orbit by the soviet union.
-
JFK defeats Nixon in the 1960 election.
-
Changing Cuba. Fifty years ago, shortly before midnight on 16 April 1961, a group of some 1,500 Cuban exiles trained and financed by the CIA launched an ill-fated invasion of Cuba from the sea in the Bay of Pigs. The plan was to overthrow Fidel Castro and his revolution.
-
Berlin wall is built to seperate east and west germany.
-
Rusia puts nuclear weapons on cuba.
-
JFK was assasinated in Texas.
-
China becomes a member of the atomic bomb club.
-
The Tet Offensive, or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 by North Vietnam and the NLF.
-
Kennedy is killed in the Hilton California
-
Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon. They landed on the moon in the Lunar Module.
-
group of men break into watergate hotel where the Democratic national convention was held.
-
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days.
-
president regan was shot outside of the washington hilton hotel.
-
Soviet Nuclear reactor melts down and explodes.
-
Wall comes down and east germany and west germany become one.
-
assumes control of Soviet Union.
-
Soviet Union breaks up into 15 different countries.
