The Cold War By chrispmcnamara@gmail.com Period: Jan 1, 1941 to Dec 31, 1991 The Cold War Jul 21, 1945 Yalta and Potsdam Conferences Jul 21, 1945 US uses first atomic bomb Jul 21, 1945 End of WWII Jul 21, 1948 Berlin Airlift Jul 21, 1949 1st Soviet Atomic Bomb Jul 21, 1949 Communists win Chinese Civil War Jul 21, 1949 NATO formed Period: Jul 21, 1950 to Jul 21, 1953 Korean War Jul 21, 1955 Warsaw Pact Established Jul 21, 1957 Soviets launch first satellite (Sputnik) Jul 21, 1959 Castro rules Cuba Jul 21, 1961 Berlin Wall Built Jul 21, 1961 Bay of Pigs Jul 21, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Period: Jul 21, 1965 to Jul 21, 1975 Vietnam War Jul 21, 1968 Soviets crush Czech uprising Jul 21, 1972 Nixon visits China Jul 21, 1973 US forces coup in Chile Jul 21, 1979 US and China establish diplomatic relations; Soviets invade Afghanistan Jul 21, 1980 Poles form Solidarity Union Jul 21, 1985 Gorbachev becomes leader of USSR -- Glasnost Jul 21, 1989 Revolt in Eastern Europe; Belin Wall comes down Jul 21, 1990 Bush and Gorbachev agree to reunify Germany Jul 21, 1991 USSR collapses
