THE COLD WAR TIMELINE By GO TO CHEEZE.COM Sep 3, 1947 cold war starts the cold war starts Apr 17, 1961 bay of pigs america attacks cuba Aug 13, 1961 Creation of the Berlin Wall the Berlin wall was used to keep out Germans from fleeing to the west Oct 17, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis the Cuban missile crisis was the closest the world had come to a nuclear war Oct 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall the wall was taken down Dec 24, 1991 cold war ended
