The Cold War Timeline-MHenderson

China's Civil War

Apr 24, 1927

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chinese_Civil_War
*Went from April 1927-May 1950

WWI Ended

May 8, 1945

http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/wwi-analogies-missing-the-role-of-culture/

Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

Mar 5, 1946

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/in-the-media/churchill-in-the-news/842-anniversary-of-iron-curtain-speech

When Truman Doctrine was elected

Mar 12, 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_(1947%E2%80%9353)

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

http://marshallfoundation.org/marshall/the-marshall-plan/

Berlin Airlift

Jun 24, 1948

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade

United Nations

Oct 24, 1948

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/03/23/4815

USSR's First Atomic Bomb Test

Aug 29, 1949

http://www.rferl.org/content/Sixty_Years_After_First_Soviet_Nuclear_Test_Legacy_Of_Misery_Lives_On/1809712.html

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected

Apr 2, 1951

http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/nixons-checkers-speech-1952/

H-Bomb

Nov 1, 1952

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5_5-hHG8g

MAD Plan

Jan 1, 1953

https://www.haikudeck.com/the-cold-war-uncategorized-presentation-GrNzcUvBPr

When John F. Kennedy was elected

Jan 3, 1953

http://www.thenation.com/article/honor-jfk-renewing-his-constitutional-commitment-extend-voting-rights/

Stalin's Death

Mar 5, 1953

https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0304/post-stalin.html

When Fidel Castro took over Cuba

Jul 26, 1953

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro

End of Korean War

Jul 27, 1953

http://koreanwarhistoryalive.blogspot.com/2016/03/end-of-korean-war.html

SEATO

Sep 8, 1954

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjh7h76rnE8

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/us/vietnam-war-five-things/

When Francis Gary Powers was elected

Sep 27, 1956

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/u2-incident

Eisenhower Doctrine

Jan 5, 1957

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/eisenhower-doctrine

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

http://www.britannica.com/event/Bay-of-Pigs-invasion

Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 16, 1962

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/10/16/cuban-missle-crisis-50-years-later-fox-news-latino-castro-kennedy/

When JFK was shot and killed

Nov 22, 1962

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/14/us/jfk-assassination-5-things/

When Lyndon Johnson was elected

Nov 22, 1963

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson

When Richard Nixon was elected

Jan 20, 1969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968

NASA's First Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

http://pics-about-space.com/moon-landing-flag-waving?p=1

SALT- First Strategic Plan Limitations Treaty

May 26, 1972

http://www.armscontrol.org/taxonomy/term/61

When Gerald Ford was elected

Aug 9, 1974

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/gerald-r-ford

Sputnik

Oct 26, 1975

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched

When Jimmy Carter was elected

Jan 20, 1977

http://www.biography.com/people/jimmy-carter-9240013

Soviets invade Afghanistan

Dec 24, 1979

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/soviet-invasion-afghanistan

Miracle on Ice

Feb 22, 1980

http://www.minnesotafunfacts.com/famous-minnesotans/sports/hockey/miracle-on-ice-1980-usa-hockey-team/

U.S. Boycott of Summer Olympics

Mar 21, 1980

https://sites.google.com/a/peddie.org/the-80s-a/home/media-influence/1980s-olympic-boycotts

When Ronald Reagan was elected

Jan 20, 1981

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

STAR WARS- Strategic Defense Initiative

Mar 23, 1983

http://ndawehistory.weebly.com/star-wars-and-strategic-defense-initiative.html

When George Bush Sr. was elected

Jan 20, 1989

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush

Berlin Wall Falls

Jan 20, 1989

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/fall-berlin-wall-back-25-years-gallery-1.2002055

When the Soviets left Afghanistan

Feb 15, 1989

http://www.britannica.com/event/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan

Tiananmen Square

Apr 15, 1989

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/06/tiananmen-square-then-and-now/100311/

When Gorbachev came to power

Mar 15, 1990

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev

When Boris Yeltsin was elected

Jul 10, 1991

https://www.biographyonline.net/politicians/russian/boris-yeltsin.html

Collapse of the Soviet Union

Dec 26, 1991

http://www.theblackmosaic.com/collapse-of-the-soviet-union_what/