Cuba In The Cold War Timeline

Fallout Shelters

Apr 11, 1950

These were built usually underground in the 1950s during the fear of nuclear war. People stayed in the fallout shelters for years.

HollyWood Blacklist

Jun 22, 1950

Actors, Directors, producers, & etc. thought to be communist & prevented them from working there during the red scare.

"Duck & Cover"

Apr 11, 1951

This was an expression used for 1950s nuclear air raid drill.

Fidel Castro

Mar 13, 1952

President Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1952.

Julius & Ethel

Jun 19, 1953

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg got executed on June 19, 1953. In 1951 they were found guilty of giving the secrets of the Atomic bomb to the Russians.

2nd Red Scare

Aug 13, 1960

A belief that the Soviet Union was attempting to spread communism world wide, including in the U.S.

Bay Of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

Failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained Cuban rebels in April 1961 embarrassment to JFK administration

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

13 days in 1962 in which the US, Cuba, and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war over the installment of the missile sites in Cuba by Soviets.