Cold war timi line

By ONION KNIGHT
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    The cold war time line

  • Berlin Blockade Begins

    Berlin Blockade Begins

    This was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
  • Dwight Eisenhower is elected

    Dwight Eisenhower is elected

    Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson
  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched

    This was when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis

    The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States.
  • President Reagan is shot

    President Reagan is shot

    President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C.
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    The hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin