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Cold War 1947 - 1966
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1947
The Truman Doctrine Was Announced - March 12 National Security Act Was Signed into Law - July 26 "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" laid groundwork for Communist Containment - January -
1948
Berlin Blockade Started - June Marshall Plan Initiated - April Arab-Israeli War Started - May -
1949
Soviet Nuclear Test - August N.A.T.O Formation - April Chinese War Ended -
1950
Korean War Started Hydrogen Bomb Development McCarthyism Started -
1951
Seoul Recaptured - January 4 MacArthur Fired - April 11 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage - March 29 -
1952
US Hydrogen Bomb Test Red Scare 1952 US Presidential Elections -
1953
Korean War Ended - July Passing of Joseph Stalin - March East German Uprising - June -
1954
Vietnam Division - July S.E.A.T.O formed - September Guatemalan Coup - June -
1955
Warsaw Pact Formed - May West Germany Joins N.A.T.O - May Geneva Summit - July -
1956
Hungarian Revolution - October Suez Crisis - October De-Stalinization - February -
1957
Sputnik Launch / Space Race Started - October ICBM Launch - August US Response - January -
1958
Berlin Crisis - November Sputnik 2 Launched - U.A.R Formed - February -
1959
Kitchen Debate - July Khrushchev visits US - September Dyatlov Pass Incident - February -
1960
U-2 Shot Down - May 1st JFK Elected President - November 8th Jupiter IRBM Deployment - April -
1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion - April 17th Berlin Wall Constructed - August 13th Yuri Gagarin Space Flight - April 12th -
1962
Soviet Missile Deployment - July Public Address - October - October 22nd Soviet Withdrawal - October 29th -
1963
Limited Test Ban Treaty - August 5th JFK Assassination - November 22nd Cuban Leader Visits Soviet Union - May 23rd -
1964
Gulf on Tonkin Incident - August 4th Soviet Union Leader Replacement - October 14th China Atomic Test - October 16th -
1965
The Battle of la Drang - November 14th Indonesian Mass Killings - October 8th Operation Rolling Thunder - March 2nd -
1966
Luna 9 - March 31st French President visits Soviet Union - June 20th France withdraws Military from N.A.T.O - June 30th