Cold War Timeline by Wally West Wilburson By Wally West Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1991 Cold War Mar 5, 1946 "Iron Curtain" Speech Apr 3, 1948 The Marshall Plan eehhhh stuff Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade Apr 4, 1949 Formation of NATO Aug 29, 1949 USSR gets the A-Bomb Oct 1, 1949 Beginning of Communist Rev. In China Feb 9, 1950 McCarthy Witch Hunts May 1, 1950 End of Communist Rev. in China Jun 25, 1950 Beginning of Korean War Jun 19, 1953 Rosenburg Executions Jul 27, 1953 End of Korean War May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Nov 1, 1955 Beginning of Vietnam War Oct 23, 1956 Hungarian Uprising Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launched Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall begins Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassination Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Apr 30, 1975 End of Vietnam War Nov 4, 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis Dec 24, 1979 Beginning of Soviet/Afghan War Aug 20, 1985 Iran Contra Affair Sep 27, 1988 Gorbachev introduces Glasnost and Perestroika policies Feb 15, 1989 End of Soviet/Afghan War Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Jul 1, 1991 End of Warsaw Pact
