SaJon Washington- Cold War Timeline By SaJon94 Period: Apr 5, 1935 to Apr 5, 1985 Cold War May 1, 1945 Germany Surrenders Sep 2, 1945 Japan Surrenders May 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Speech Jun 5, 1947 Marshall Plan is proposed Apr 4, 1949 NATO is established Aug 29, 1949 Soviets gain nuclear weapons Oct 1, 1949 China becomes Communist Jun 25, 1950 South Korea is invaded by North Korea Apr 11, 1951 Truman fires General MAcArthur Nov 4, 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President Jun 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg execution May 14, 1955 Warsaw PAct is established Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs attack Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kenneyd is assassinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Attack Nov 4, 1968 Nixon becomes President Apr 30, 1975 North Vietnam captures Saigon
