Cold War Timeline

By Lucasflaischaker
  • Soviets detonate an atomic bomb

    Soviets detonate an atomic bomb

    The soviets detonated their first bomb, called RDS-1at Semipalatinsk
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    Korean War

    A 3 year war between North Korea and South Korea
  • Rosenbergs executed

    Rosenbergs executed

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed for conspiring to pass US atomic secrets to the soviets, in which they pleaded innocent
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    McCarthy hearings

    A series of investigations to investigate conflicts between the army and Joseph McCarthy
  • Geneva Accords signed

    Geneva Accords signed

    A new set of laws passed after the Korean War in Geneva, Switzerland
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    Sputnik Orbit

    The first earth satellite. Orbited for 3 weeks before it ran out of batteries
  • NASA created

    NASA created

    Creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Fidel Castro Takes Power

    Fidel Castro Takes Power

    Fidel Castro Takes Power in Cuba