The Cold War Timeline-MHenderson By MarissaBrittany Apr 24, 1927 China's Civil War http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Chinese_Civil_War *Went from April 1927-May 1950 May 8, 1945 WWI Ended http://thediplomat.com/2014/10/wwi-analogies-missing-the-role-of-culture/ Mar 5, 1946 Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech http://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/in-the-media/churchill-in-the-news/842-anniversary-of-iron-curtain-speech Mar 12, 1947 When Truman Doctrine was elected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_(1947%E2%80%9353) Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan http://marshallfoundation.org/marshall/the-marshall-plan/ Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade Oct 24, 1948 United Nations http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm Apr 4, 1949 NATO http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/03/23/4815 Aug 29, 1949 USSR's First Atomic Bomb Test http://www.rferl.org/content/Sixty_Years_After_First_Soviet_Nuclear_Test_Legacy_Of_Misery_Lives_On/1809712.html Jun 25, 1950 Korean War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War Apr 2, 1951 When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/nixons-checkers-speech-1952/ Nov 1, 1952 H-Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5_5-hHG8g Jan 1, 1953 MAD Plan https://www.haikudeck.com/the-cold-war-uncategorized-presentation-GrNzcUvBPr Jan 3, 1953 When John F. Kennedy was elected http://www.thenation.com/article/honor-jfk-renewing-his-constitutional-commitment-extend-voting-rights/ Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0304/post-stalin.html Jul 26, 1953 When Fidel Castro took over Cuba http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro Jul 27, 1953 End of Korean War http://koreanwarhistoryalive.blogspot.com/2016/03/end-of-korean-war.html Sep 8, 1954 SEATO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjh7h76rnE8 Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/us/vietnam-war-five-things/ Sep 27, 1956 When Francis Gary Powers was elected https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/u2-incident Jan 5, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/eisenhower-doctrine Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs http://www.britannica.com/event/Bay-of-Pigs-invasion Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall Oct 16, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/10/16/cuban-missle-crisis-50-years-later-fox-news-latino-castro-kennedy/ Nov 22, 1962 When JFK was shot and killed http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/14/us/jfk-assassination-5-things/ Nov 22, 1963 When Lyndon Johnson was elected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson Jan 20, 1969 When Richard Nixon was elected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968 Jul 20, 1969 NASA's First Moon Landing http://pics-about-space.com/moon-landing-flag-waving?p=1 May 26, 1972 SALT- First Strategic Plan Limitations Treaty http://www.armscontrol.org/taxonomy/term/61 Aug 9, 1974 When Gerald Ford was elected http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/gerald-r-ford Oct 26, 1975 Sputnik http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched Jan 20, 1977 When Jimmy Carter was elected http://www.biography.com/people/jimmy-carter-9240013 Dec 24, 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/soviet-invasion-afghanistan Feb 22, 1980 Miracle on Ice http://www.minnesotafunfacts.com/famous-minnesotans/sports/hockey/miracle-on-ice-1980-usa-hockey-team/ Mar 21, 1980 U.S. Boycott of Summer Olympics https://sites.google.com/a/peddie.org/the-80s-a/home/media-influence/1980s-olympic-boycotts Jan 20, 1981 When Ronald Reagan was elected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan Mar 23, 1983 STAR WARS- Strategic Defense Initiative http://ndawehistory.weebly.com/star-wars-and-strategic-defense-initiative.html Jan 20, 1989 When George Bush Sr. was elected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Jan 20, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls http://www.nydailynews.com/news/fall-berlin-wall-back-25-years-gallery-1.2002055 Feb 15, 1989 When the Soviets left Afghanistan http://www.britannica.com/event/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan Apr 15, 1989 Tiananmen Square http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/06/tiananmen-square-then-and-now/100311/ Mar 15, 1990 When Gorbachev came to power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev Jul 10, 1991 When Boris Yeltsin was elected https://www.biographyonline.net/politicians/russian/boris-yeltsin.html Dec 26, 1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union http://www.theblackmosaic.com/collapse-of-the-soviet-union_what/
