Cold War Timeline By Sydney.Mobley Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Feb 19, 1991 Cold War Events Feb 19, 1948 Berlin Blockade / Airlift 1 USSR attempts to out W. Sterlin from the Allies. 2 First example of the U.S. using the Truman Doctrine to help fight communism. Feb 19, 1953 Korean War Feb 19, 1958 Sputnik Feb 19, 1961 Bay of Pigs Feb 19, 1961 Creation of the Berlin Wall Feb 19, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Feb 19, 1975 Vietnam War Feb 19, 1989 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Feb 19, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Feb 19, 1991 Gorbachev's Reforms