Cold War TImeline By ccovey1 Period: Jan 1, 1944 to Jan 1, 1945 Franklin Delaware Roosevelt Jun 22, 1944 G.I. Bill Government paying for soldiers mortgages and tuitions. Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1953 Harry S. Truman Apr 21, 1947 Taft-Hartley Act Period: Apr 21, 1947 to Apr 1, 1962 Baby Boom Apr 21, 1948 Fair Deal Period: Jan 1, 1953 to Jan 1, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Apr 21, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Apr 21, 1955 Rosa Parks Arrest Apr 21, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Apr 21, 1960 Students for a Democratic Society Created Apr 21, 1960 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Forms Apr 21, 1960 Southern Sit-ins Period: Jan 1, 1961 to Jan 1, 1963 John F. Kennedy Apr 21, 1961 Freedom Riots Apr 21, 1961 Bay of Pigs Apr 21, 1961 Berlin Wall Created Apr 21, 1962 John Glenn Orbits Earth Apr 21, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Period: Jan 1, 1963 to Jan 1, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson Apr 21, 1963 Kennedy Assassination Apr 21, 1963 March on Washington Apr 21, 1963 Diem Assassinated Apr 21, 1964 Civil Rights Act Apr 21, 1964 Johnson Begins VISTA Program Apr 21, 1964 No. Vietnamese Fire on American Destroyers Apr 21, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Passed Apr 21, 1964 Free Speech Movement Apr 21, 1965 Johnson's Housing & Urban Development Act Apr 21, 1965 Johnson Established Medicare Apr 21, 1965 Voting Rights Act Apr 21, 1965 Malcolm X Killed Apr 21, 1965 Black Panthers Formed Apr 21, 1967 Anti-War Rally Central Park NY Apr 21, 1968 Tet Offensive Apr 21, 1968 My Lai Massacre Apr 21, 1968 MLK Assassinated Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Jan 1, 1974 Richard Nixon Apr 21, 1971 Nixon Create Enemy List Apr 21, 1971 Pentagon Papers Leaked Apr 21, 1972 SALT-I Treaty Apr 21, 1972 Watergate Scandal Apr 21, 1973 Roe v. Wade Apr 21, 1973 American Soilders Leave Vietnam Apr 21, 1973 Watergate Burglars Found Guilty Apr 21, 1973 Saturday Night Maacre Period: Jan 1, 1974 to Jan 1, 1977 Gerald Ford Apr 21, 1975 No. Vietnamese Capture Saigon Period: Jan 1, 1977 to Jan 1, 1981 Jimmy Carter Apr 21, 1978 Camp David Accords Apr 21, 1978 National Energy Act Passed Apr 21, 1978 Shah Forced to Leave Iran Apr 21, 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis Apr 21, 1979 Embassy Workers in Iran Take Hostage Apr 21, 1980 Regan Began Strategic Defense Initiative Apr 21, 1980 New Federalism Period: Jan 1, 1981 to Jan 1, 1989 Ronald Reagan Apr 21, 1981 Hostages Released Apr 21, 1983 American Invades Granada Apr 21, 1986 Tax Reform Act Apr 21, 1986 US Bombs Libyan Airbases Apr 21, 1986 Iran/Contra Affair Apr 21, 1987 Black Monday Begins