OffsideCoin's Cold war Timeline By OffsideCoin16 Aug 9, 1945 The Second Bomb A second atomic weapon was dropped on Nagasaki Mar 16, 1946 Winston churchill's speech Winston Churchill gives his ‘Iron Curtain’ speech Jun 28, 1948 Berlin Airlift Jun 25, 1950 Koren War starts Jul 27, 1953 Armistice signed ending the Korean War Aug 24, 1953 The H bomb Aug 20, 1957 Sputnik Sputnik is launched Oct 4, 1957 First Soviet satellite Sputnik launched Nov 8, 1960 JFK elected President of the United States Jun 17, 1979 Russia invades