Heidi Ellis - Cold War: Major Events Timeline

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    Yalta Conference

    Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin where they decided what would happen at the end of the war.
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki

  • V-J Day

    Japanese surrendered ending WWII

  • End of Berlin Blockade

    Russia ended blockade of Berlin.

  • Korean War

    North Korea invaded South Korea, beginning the Korea War

  • Death of Stalin

    Joseph Stalin died at 74
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    USSR took a dog, the first living creature to go to space.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian) became first human in space.
  • Berliin Wall

    Berliin Wall

    Berlin wall was built and borders sealed b/t East and West Germany

  • JFK Assassination

    JFK was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas.

  • SALT

    Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.

  • Vietnam

    North Vietnam invades South Vietnam and the whole country becomes communist.

  • Afghanistan

    Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Berlin wall was torn down.