History

Yalta Conference

Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin - The Cold War Begins

End of World War II

Sep 2, 1945

Japan and Germany's defeat marks the end of the 2nd World War

Berlin Blockade

Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

the Soviet blockade of Western supplies to Berlin

Korean War

Period: Jun 24, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

North Korea invades South Korea with Soviet weapons given by Stalin

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

The Warsaw Pact is signed

Vietnam War

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Sputnik Launched

Oct 4, 1957

Cuba allies with USSR

Dec 19, 1960

Cuba openly joins the USSR in allegiance

Construction of Berlin Wall begins

Aug 17, 1961

Apollo 11 lands on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

President Reagan proposes Strategic Defence Initiative

Mar 23, 1983

Glasnost and Perestroika

Jan 1, 1985

C. 1985, couldn't find exact date

Beginning of Berlin Wall destruction

Nov 9, 1989

Polish Independance

Nov 11, 1989

German reuinification

Oct 3, 1990

Collapse of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War

Dec 26, 1991