Duncan timetoast By Jimmie T. Jun 17, 1921 COMMUNISTS DEFEAT NATIONALISTS IN CHINA-- June 1921 Period: Jun 17, 1921 to Oct 3, 1990 cold war May 17, 1944 POLICY OF CONTAINMENT 1944–1947 Sep 17, 1945 JOHNSON ESCALATES TROOP NUMBERS TO START VIETNAM WAR Mar 12, 1947 TRUMAN DOCTRINE May 17, 1948 MARSHALL PLAN Jun 27, 1948 BERLIN AIRLIFT ENDS BLOCKADE OF WEST BERLIN--June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Apr 4, 1949 NATO FORMED 4th April, 1949 May 17, 1949 COMECON May 17, 1949 CREATION OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (WEST GERMANY) 1949 Aug 29, 1949 SOVIET UNION TESTS THEIR FIRST ATOMIC BOMB Jun 25, 1950 KOREAN WAR 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 Mar 17, 1953 STALIN’S DEATH Oct 4, 1957 15. SOVIETS LAUNCH SPUTNIK I INTO SPACE -- 4th October, 1957 Aug 15, 1961 BERLIN WALL ERECTED Oct 14, 1962 CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Jan 23, 1973 NIXON SIGNS AGREEMENT TO WITHDRAW FROM VIETNAM Dec 24, 1979 SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN Oct 3, 1990 BERLIN WALL TORN DOWN