Cold War Timeline By ccarl Feb 4, 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE Aug 6, 1945 ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON JAPAN Aug 14, 1945 JAPANESE SURRENDER Mar 5, 1946 WINSTON CHURCHILL'S IRON CURTIAN SPEECH Jun 5, 1947 MARSHALL PLAN Jun 24, 1948 BERLIN BLOCKADE Jul 4, 1949 NATO RATIFIED Sep 1, 1949 USSR EXPLODES THERE ATOMIC BOMB Sep 8, 1949 MAO ZEDONG TAKES OVER CHINA Feb 1, 1950 JOESPH MCCARTHY BEGINS COMMUNIST WITCH HUNT Jun 23, 1950 KOREAN WAR Jun 19, 1953 ROSENBERG EXECUTIONS Jul 27, 1953 KOREAN WAR ENDS Jul 1, 1954 VIETNAM SPLIT AT 17TH PARALLEL May 1, 1955 WARSAW PACT Oct 4, 1957 SPITNIK LAUNCHED Jan 1, 1959 FIDEL CASTRO TAKES OVER CUBA May 1, 1960 U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER USSR Nov 1, 1960 JFK ELECTED PRESIDENT Apr 1, 1961 BAY OF PIGS INVASION Aug 1, 1961 BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS Oct 1, 1962 CUBAN MISSLE CHRISIS Apr 1, 1975 SOUTH VIETNAM FALLS TO COMMUNISM Nov 1, 1989 BERLIN WALL FALLS Dec 1, 1989 SOVIET EMPIRE FALLS Oct 1, 1990 GERMANY REUNITED Aug 8, 1991 U.S.A. SIGNS END OF COLD WAR
