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Cold War timeline

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  • Soviets detonate an atomic bomb

    Soviets detonate an atomic bomb

    The soviets conduct their first nuclear test called, RDS-1 at the Semipalatinsk test site . The device had a yield of 22 kilotons
  • Korean war

    Korean war

    The Korean War was between north’s and South Korea when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and insurrections in the south
  • Rosenbergs executed

    Rosenbergs executed

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were accused and convicted of spying in the behalf of the USSR and were penalized by electrocution
  • McCarthy hearings

    McCarthy hearings

    Series of hearings held by the United States senates subcommittee on investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the U.S army and U.S senator Joseph McCarthy
  • Sputnik orbit

    Sputnik orbit

    Sputnik was the first artificial earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union. It orbited for 3 weeks before it fell back into the atmosphere
  • NASA created

    NASA created

    The U.S Congress passes legislation establishing National Aeronautics and space administration, a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space
  • Fidel Castro seizes power

    Fidel Castro seizes power

    After Batista’s overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba’s prime minister. The U.S came to oppose Castro’s government and unsuccessfully attempting to remove him by assasination.
  • Geneva accords signed

    Geneva accords signed

    The settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan, were signed at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations, between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the U.S and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors