COLD WAR By Flowers172 Mar 12, 1947 START OF THE COLD WAR Mar 12, 1947 TRUMAN DOCTRINE Apr 1, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 START OF THE BERLIN AIRLIFT Apr 4, 1949 CREATION OF NATO Aug 3, 1949 SOVIET UNION FIRST NUCLEAR ARM Oct 1, 1949 CHINESE REVOLUTION: PROCLAMATION OF MAO ZEDONG Jun 25, 1950 KOREAN WAR Dec 26, 1950 PROXY WAR IN KOREA NORTH VS SOUTH Sep 1, 1954 CREATION OF SEATO Jan 1, 1955 CREATION OF CENTO May 14, 1955 WARSAW PACT Nov 1, 1955 VIETNAM WAR Oct 4, 1957 SPUTNIK LAUNCH Jul 19, 1959 President Richard Nixon visited the Soviet Union May 1, 1960 THE U-2 INCIDENT Apr 17, 1961 BAY OF PIGS Aug 13, 1961 CREATION OF BERLIN WALL Oct 15, 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Nov 9, 1989 FALL OF BERLIN WALL Dec 26, 1991 END OF THE USSR Dec 26, 1991 END OF COLD WAR
