Cold War Timeline By KG108 May 2, 1945 WWII ends in Europe The war in Europe comes to a end Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine announced Communists sieze power in Poland in Jan. 1947 Jun 26, 1948 Berlin airlift begins Apr 4, 1949 NATO was established Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Union explodes first atomic bomb Oct 14, 1949 Communists win Chinese Civil War Jun 25, 1950 U.S and other U.N nations fight North Korea Jul 27, 1953 Korean War ended Aug 14, 1953 U.S coup overthrows Iranian government Aug 14, 1954 U.S sponsered coup overthrows Iranian government Sep 8, 1954 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is formed May 14, 1955 Warsaw pact formed Oct 14, 1956 Red Army crushes Hungrain Revolution Oct 4, 1957 Sovits launch first man made satelite Feb 14, 1959 Fidel Castro installs communist powr in cuba Aug 13, 1961 East Germany builds Berlin Wall Oct 14, 1962 Cuban missle crisis Oct 16, 1964 China explodes first atomic bomb Aug 4, 1965 U.S sends troops into Vietnam Aug 15, 1968 Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Republic Feb 24, 1972 President Nixon visits China Apr 30, 1975 S.Vietnam falls to communist power Jan 1, 1979 U.S and China estabilish diplomatic relations Dec 15, 1983 U.S invades Grenada Nov 9, 1989 Berlin wall is torn down Dec 26, 1991 Soviet Union is abolished