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Cold War Timeline
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Truman Doctrine
Truman declares an active role in the Greek Civil War -
Marshall Plan
Setting a precedent for helping countries combat
poverty, disease, and malnutrition -
Rio Pact
the U.S. meet 19 Latin American countries and created a security zone around the hemisphere -
Truman's Loyalty Program
This was created to catch Cold War spies -
Brussels Pact
This was organized to protect Europe from communism -
Berlin Blockade
This begins lasts 11 months -
NATO ratified
President Truman and Secretary Acheson signed the Instrument of Accession. -
Berlin Blockade ends
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Truman approved H-bomb development
Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb. -
Korean War begins
When the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack. -
Federal Civil Defense Administration established
became an official government agency. -
Truman fires MacArthur
MacArthur had overstepped his authority, defied direct orders from his superior and interfered with Truman's hope of ending the Korean War quickly. -
A-bombs developed by Britain
Britain developed its own atom bomb to remain a great power. -
Korean War ends
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. -
Ike's Atoms for Peace speech
President Eisenhower sought to solve this terrible problem by suggesting a means to transform the atom from a scourge into a benefit for mankind. -
Vietnam split at 17th parallel
Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, -
H-bomb Castle-Bravo test
The first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests. -
KGB established
The main security agency for the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact formed
Was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland -
USSR sent military aid to Afghanistan
the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan -
Egypt took control of Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company. -
Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary.
A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary is viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops. -
Vostok rocket launched 1st ICBM
a modified R-7 launched the first manned spacecraft. -
Sputnik launched into orbit
the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. -
Laika died in space
she died of overheating or suffocation hours into the flight -
NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket
The first Atlas rocket launched with a Mercury capsule exploded. -
Explorer I launched
the first satellite launched by the United States. -
Khrushchev demands withdrawal of troops from Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States, Great Britain and France pull their forces out of West Berlin -
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
Castro decided to fight for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's military junta by founding a paramilitary organization, "The Movement". -
The Kitchen Debate
exchanges through interpreters -
Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
Nikita S. Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. that an American spy plane had been shot down. -
John F. Kennedy elected President
John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles -
Berlin border is closed
It was closed because it was aimed to starve the western Allies out of the city. -
Construction of Berlin Wall begins
began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin