Cold War Timeline

By DrDeadPasta

  • The Cold War Begins

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson becomes the first black major league baseball player.

  • Korean War Starts

    The Korean War was started to assist South Korea in the containment of Communism.

  • Mccarthyism

    A term coined when Mccarthy spread the idea that our government was infested with communists.

  • Korean War Ends

    The Korean War ends with some 5 million casualties. A border is established at the 38th parallel.

  • Brown V Board Of Education

    The supreme court decision that declared segregation in the school system unconstitutional.

  • The Vietnam War Begins

    The Vietnam War was an effort to supress and contain communism.

  • Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine black children who wanted to attend a school in Little Rock, Arkansas. When the school wouldn't grant them entry, they were escorted into the school by the military.

  • JFK Wins Election

    President John F. Kennedy wins the 1960 election.

  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    The CIA attempt to infiltrate cubas communist government and assasinate communist Prime Minister Fidel Castro. It failed.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The US discovers nuclear missiles in Cuba.

  • March On Washington

    Hundreds of thousands of people gather in washiington to listen to MLKs "I Have A Dream" speech. this is the centennial anniversary of civil rights.

  • Kennedy Is Assasinated

    President Kennedy Is Assasinated.

  • The Great Society

    New President Lyndon B. Johnson creates The Great Society during his presidency to improve education and medical care as well as attempting to end poverty.

  • The My Lai Massacre

    US troops massacre a village of innocent vietnamese civilians.

  • MLK Assasinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated.

  • Nixon Visits China

    President Richard Nixon travels to china to re-establish relations between The US and Communist China.

  • The Watergate Scandal

    Several burglers were arrested in an attempt to tap phone lines and steal secret documents in the Democratic National Comittee building. Nixon was believed to be behind it.

  • Nixon Resigns

    President Richard Nixon resigns from the presidency before he is impeached.

  • The Vietnam War Ends

    The US withdrew from the war and vietnam became communist.

  • Americas Bicentennial

    America has been around for 200 years now.

  • Jimmy Carter Gets Elected

    Jimmy Carter Is Elected President.

  • Camp David Accords

    A peace treaty was signed at Camp David to end conflicts between egypt and israel.

  • Iranian Hostage Crisis

    The United States Embassy was occupied and the employees taken hostage by a group of iranian students.

  • USSR Invades Afghanistan

    The USSR invades Afghanistan.

  • Ronald Reagan Is Elected President

  • John Lennon Is Shot

  • The US Boycotts Olympics In Moscow

  • Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra O'Conner For Supreme Court Judge

  • Contra War Against Nicaraguas Gavernment

  • Reagan Proposes "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative

  • US Invasion Of Grenada

  • Reagan Wins Again

    Reagan defeats Walter Mondale in Landslide.

  • Military Aid To Contras

    Congress gives Contras military aid.

  • INF Treaty

    Reagan signs INF treaty in Moscow.

  • Berlin Wall Opened

    Berlin Wall opened

  • The Cold War Ends