-
Period: to
Cold War Timeline- Tetreault
-
Truman announces the Truman Doctrine
President Truman announces the Truman Doctrine, informing Congress, "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." -
Berlin blockade and airlift
The USSR attempted to gain control of the entire city by cutting off all surface traffic to West Berlin. The United States responded with a daily airlift of food and supplies into the besieged city. -
John F Kennedy is assassinated
John F. Kennedy, the president of the United States Of America is assassinated while campaigning in Dallas, Texas