Cold War By Providence315 Period: Sep 2, 1945 to Aug 2, 1990 The Cold war Jun 26, 1948 Berlin Airlift Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Starts Period: Aug 21, 1957 to Jul 15, 1975 Space Race Oct 4, 1957 Soviets send Sputnik to Space May 1, 1960 American U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down in USSR Airspace Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Aug 15, 1961 Berlin Wall is Built Oct 20, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Jul 20, 1969 First Man on The Moons Nov 17, 1969 SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talk) Dec 23, 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall