The Cold War By clams132 Feb 9, 1945 Yalta Conference Divided Germany in two Period: Feb 9, 1945 to Feb 9, 1991 Cold War Aug 6, 1945 US first uses A-bomb in war Aug 14, 1945 Japanese surrender to USA Mar 9, 1946 Winston Churchill delivers iron curtain speech Jun 9, 1947 Marshal Plan is announced by USA Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Blockade begins Jul 9, 1949 NATO is ratified Sep 9, 1949 Communist Mao Zedong takes control of China Sep 9, 1949 USSR explodes its first Atom Bomb Feb 9, 1950 Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt Jun 9, 1950 Korean War begins Jun 9, 1953 Korean War ends Jun 19, 1953 Rosenberg executions Jul 9, 1954 Vietnam split at 17th parallel May 9, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik launched Jan 9, 1959 Cuba taken over by Communist Fidel Castro May 9, 1960 U-2 plane shot down over USSR Nov 9, 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president Apr 9, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion Aug 9, 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall begins Oct 9, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Apr 9, 1975 Saigon, south Vietnam falls to communism Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls Dec 9, 1989 Soviet Empire falls Oct 9, 1990 Germany reunited Aug 9, 1991 U.S. and Russia sign formal end to cold war
