Cold War Timeline By mortonc18@puhsd.us Nov 11, 1904 AHSC: Alger Hiss Spy Case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss Feb 6, 1911 RRE: Ronald Reagan Elected (EOTCW: End of the Cold War) http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan Mar 8, 1917 TRR: The Russian Revolution http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution Feb 24, 1927 The GNC (Geneva Naval Conference-VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Naval_Conference Jul 26, 1945 TPDC: The Pots Dam Conference https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf Aug 6, 1945 ABOHAN: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945 Mar 5, 1946 IC: Iron Curtain https://www.britannica.com/event/Iron-Curtain Mar 12, 1947 TTD: The Truman Doctrine https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine Mar 21, 1947 McCarthyism (Army/Hearings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism Jun 5, 1947 TMP: The Marshall Plan https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-plan Jun 23, 1947 TMP: The Molotov Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_Plan Oct 23, 1947 HW: HollyWood 10 http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/hollywood-ten Jun 24, 1948 TBA: The Berlin Airlift https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/berlin-airlift Jun 24, 1948 TBB: The Berlin Blockade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade Apr 4, 1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO Sep 3, 1949 SEAB: Soviets explode Atomic Bomb http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb Jun 25, 1950 KW: Korean War http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war Mar 6, 1951 RT: Rosenburg Trial http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rosenberg-trial-begins May 7, 1954 TBDBP: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-defeated-at-dien-bien-phu Oct 23, 1956 THR: The Hungarian Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 May 1, 1960 The U2 Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident Apr 17, 1961 BPI: Bay of Pigs Invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion Oct 29, 1962 CMC: Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis Nov 2, 1963 TAD: The Assassination of Diem (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam Nov 22, 1963 The Assassination of JFK (John F. Kennedy) (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated Aug 7, 1964 TTGR: The Tonkin Gulf Resolution (VW: Vietnam War) https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin Mar 2, 1965 ORT: Operation Rolling Thunder (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder Oct 21, 1967 TAWM: The Anti-War Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War Jan 30, 1968 TET Offensive (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of MLK (VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr. Jun 5, 1968 Assassination of RFK (VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy Aug 20, 1968 TIC: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia (ECW: End of the Cold War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia Aug 28, 1968 RDC: Riots of Democratic Convention (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago Nov 5, 1968 EN: Election of Nixon (VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968 May 4, 1970 Kent State (VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings Feb 21, 1972 Nixon visits China (ECW: End of the Cold War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks Jan 28, 1973 CV: Ceasefire in Vietnam (VW: Vietnam War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cease-fire-goes-into-effect Apr 30, 1975 FS: Fall of Saigon (VW: Vietnam War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon Mar 23, 1983 SDI (Strategic Defensive Initiative) announced (ECW: End of the Cold War) http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/SDI-StarWars.asp Nov 19, 1985 TGCG: The Geneva Conference with Gorbachev (ECW: End of the Cold War) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-and-gorbachev-hold-their-first-summit-meeting Jun 12, 1987 The "Tear Down this Wall" Speech (ECW: End of the Cold War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall! Nov 9, 1989 TBW: The Berlin Wall http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall Nov 9, 1989 TFBW: The Fall of the Berlin Wall (ECW: End of the Cold War) https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/berlinwall Feb 25, 1991 TWP: The Warsaw Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact
