COLD WAR TIMELINE By katherinemalhotra Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Ends Blockade Period: Jan 15, 1949 to Jun 28, 1991 Comecon Apr 4, 1949 NATO Formed Period: May 17, 1949 to Oct 3, 1990 Creation of Federal Republic in West Germany Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Union Tested First Atomic Bomb May 1, 1950 Communists Defeat Nationalists In China Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death Period: Mar 13, 1954 to May 7, 1954 Dien Bien Phu Oct 4, 1957 Soviet Union Launched Sputnik Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall Erected Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Jan 23, 1973 Nixon Withdraws Troops from Afghanistan Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Torn Down