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Cold War Timeline

By Danielramirez19

  • Successful Soviet Atomic Bomb Test

    Successful Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
    In 1949 the Soviet Union had a successful test of an atomic bomb. This shook the West very much, since they no longer had a great military advantage.
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    Cold War Events

    Different Events of the Cold War.

  • U.S. Hydrogen Bomb Test Successful

    U.S. Hydrogen Bomb Test Successful
    In the fall of 1952 the U.S. tested its first fusion-powered Hydrogen Bomb with spectacular results. It completely vaporized the island where the bomb was tested.

  • Sputnik is Launched Into Space

    Sputnik is Launched Into Space
    In October 1957, Sputnik, history's first artificial satellite was launched into orbit. This caused Americans to fear that Soviet military technology had leaped ahead of their own.

  • NASA Is Formed

    NASA Is Formed
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA was formed in 1958. This would eventually lead to the return of the United States to the forefront of space research.

  • The Berlin Wall Separates West and East Berlin

    The Berlin Wall Separates West and East Berlin
    In 1961 as many as 1,000 people per day were crossing into West Berlin from East Berlin for their jobs. So to stop this East Berlin started to build a tall barrier that split the City into two halves, West and East. This would come to symbolize the brutality of the Communist system.

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins

    The Cuban Missile Crisis Begins
    In October 14,1962 A U.S. spy plane takes the first photographs of a missile on a launching site, soon other sites are identified. This almost leads to a nuclear war.

  • Soviet nuclear Warhead Bunker Under Construction in Cuba

    Soviet nuclear Warhead Bunker Under Construction in Cuba
    On October 23, 1962 a picture of a Soviet nuclear warhead bunker is under construction in San Cristobal, Cuba. This leads to the growing tensions.

  • United Nations Meeting

    United Nations Meeting
    During the UN meeting on October 25, 1962 the U.S. ambassador confronts the Soviet ambassador. He displays photos of the Soviet missiles in Cuba.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

    Cuban Missile Crisis Ends
    On October 28, three days after the UN meeting the u.S. and the Soviet Union come to an agreement. Soviet leaders remove missiles from Cuba and the U.S moves its missiles from Turkey and promises to not attack Cuba. Therefore ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • Relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Improves and Treaty Signed

    Relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Improves and Treaty Signed
    In 1988 President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This eliminates the certain types of missiles.