Major Events in the Cold War By emilylizalmonte Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 2000 Year Jan 1, 1938 H.U.A.C. (House of Un-American Activities Committee) Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Mar 5, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Jun 5, 1947 Marshall Plan Jan 1, 1948 Alger Hiss (accused of being a communist) Jun 15, 1948 Berlin Airtlift Apr 4, 1949 NATO Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Detonation of the Atomic Bomb Aug 29, 1949 Arms Race Oct 1, 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution Jan 1, 1950 McCarthysim/ Red Scare Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Jul 1, 1950 Rosenberg Spy Case Jan 1, 1952 Pat McCarran (height of influence) Nov 1, 1952 H Bomb Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death Jan 1, 1954 Domino Theory (created) Jan 12, 1954 Massive Retaliation Mar 13, 1954 Dien Bien Phu Jun 18, 1954 Guatemalan Coup Aug 2, 1955 Space Race Feb 24, 1956 Khrushchev's Secret Speech Dec 1, 1956 Vietnam War begins Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Jan 1, 1959 Neutron Bomb Feb 16, 1959 Fidel Castro (on becoming Prime Minister of Cuba) Jan 1, 1960 Leonid Brezhnev (became Chairman) Jan 1, 1960 Trsscomm May 1, 1960 U-2 Spy Plane Affair Apr 15, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 27, 1962 B-59 Submarine Incident Aug 5, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Aug 30, 1963 Hotline Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Sep 30, 1965 Indonesian Coup Jun 5, 1967 Six Day War Jun 8, 1967 U.S.S. Liberty Jan 5, 1968 Prague Spring Rebellion Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive May 22, 1968 U.S.S. Scorpion (lost) Sep 26, 1968 Brezhnev Doctrine Jan 1, 1969 Detente Jan 1, 1969 SALT I Jan 1, 1973 Vietnamization Apr 17, 1975 Cambodia & Khmer Rouge Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War ends Aug 1, 1975 Helsinki Accords Jan 1, 1979 SALT II Jan 1, 1979 Afghanistan War begins Nov 9, 1979 NORAD Computer Glitch Jul 25, 1980 M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) Aug 31, 1980 Solidarity Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan (presidency) Mar 23, 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Nov 7, 1983 Able Archer 83 Exercise Jan 1, 1985 Perestoika Jan 1, 1985 John Walker (imprisoned) Jan 1, 1985 Glasnost Mar 11, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev (Elected) Jun 1, 1988 INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty Jan 1, 1989 Afghanistan War ends Oct 3, 1990 German Reunification May 14, 1991 Warsaw Pact
