Cold War By jakehuns26 Oct 24, 1945 UN Created Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Start of Berlin Airlift Jun 24, 1948 Start of Berlin Blockade Apr 4, 1949 NATO Established May 12, 1949 End of Berlin Airlift May 12, 1949 End of Berlin Blockade Aug 29, 1949 Soviets First A-Bomb Test Oct 1, 1949 China Becomes Communist Jun 25, 1950 Start of the Korean War Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Armistice Jul 1, 1954 Vietnam Divided into North and South Vietnam May 4, 1955 Warsaw Pact Jan 1, 1957 Start of the Space Race Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launched into Space May 1, 1960 U-2 Incident Apr 17, 1961 Start of Bay of Pigs Apr 19, 1961 End of the Bay of Pigs Oct 14, 1962 Start of the Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 28, 1962 End of the Cuban Missile Crisis Mar 5, 1964 Iron Curtain Speech Aug 13, 1969 The Berlin Wall was built May 26, 1972 SALT I Jan 1, 1975 End of the Space Race Apr 30, 1975 Saigon Falls Mar 23, 1983 Strategic Air Defense Initiative Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls Oct 3, 1990 Germany Reunited Dec 26, 1991 USSR falls
