Cold War Events By TehColourz Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1963 Cold War Event Feb 1, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies of Cardiac Arrest May 1, 1945 WWII Ends in Europe Aug 1, 1945 Hiroshima Jan 1, 1946 Chinese Civil War resumes Feb 9, 1946 Stalin Gives Election Speech Mar 12, 1947 Truman announces the Truman Doctrine Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan takes effect Apr 4, 1949 NATO was founded Feb 1, 1950 Jeo McCarthy starts Witch Hunt Jan 12, 1951 FCDA is officially established Jan 1, 1952 A-Bomb developed by Britain Jul 1, 1953 Korean War ends Mar 1, 1954 H-Bomb test Sep 4, 1956 USSR sends aid to Afghanistan Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik sent to space Jan 31, 1958 Explorer 1 lauch Jan 8, 1959 Fidel Castro takes over Cuba Apr 8, 1960 France develops A-Bombs Apr 8, 1961 Bay of Pigs