Cold War TimeLine BenJanae Boyd By Mr.Givens Apr 30, 1945 Germany Surrenders Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders Apr 1, 1946 The Soviet Union occupies East Germany Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Speech Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan is proposed Apr 1, 1949 China Becomes Communist Apr 4, 1949 NATO is established Apr 4, 1949 Soviet Gain Nuclear Weapons Jun 25, 1950 South Korea is invaded by North Apr 11, 1951 . Truman fires General MacArthur Jan 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president Jun 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact is established Jan 9, 1959 Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba Apr 5, 1961 Bay of Pigs attack Apr 4, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin attack Jan 20, 1969 Nixon becomes President Apr 4, 1975 North Vietnam captures Saigon
