The End of the Cold War (D) By eak Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Jan 1, 1992 End of the Cold War Feb 4, 1980 Soviets invade Afghanistan & Carter issues Carter Doctrine Apr 4, 1980 Polish Solidarity Movement Jun 4, 1980 U.S. boycotts the Moscow Olympic Games Nov 4, 1980 Carter loses reelection & Reagan becomes President-elect Dec 4, 1980 Detente officially over Jan 4, 1981 Reagan inaugurated Apr 4, 1981 Deng Xiaoping's protege becomes Chinese premier Dec 4, 1981 Poland institues martial law under General Jaruzelski Apr 4, 1982 Deng has consolidated power & "4 modernizations" Nov 4, 1982 Brezhnev dies & Andropov takes power Mar 4, 1983 Reagan gives "evil empire" speech & begins SDI Apr 4, 1983 Korean airliner shot down by Soviets Apr 4, 1983 US invades Grenada Nov 4, 1983 NATO exercises Dec 4, 1983 90% of farms in China are under the "Household Responsbility System" Apr 4, 1984 Andropov dies, Cherneko Soviet premier Dec 4, 1984 2nd phase of China's 4 modernizations underway Mar 4, 1985 Cherenko dies, Gorbachev becomes Soviet premier Oct 4, 1985 Gorbachev & Reagan meet in Geneva Apr 4, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident Apr 4, 1986 Gorbachev begins perestroika Oct 4, 1986 Summit in Iceland (Gorbachev & Reagan) Dec 4, 1986 Chinese student protestes growing Jan 4, 1987 Glasnost in USSR, Gorbachev reforms the politburo Apr 4, 1987 Hu Yaobang ousted from CCP Jun 4, 1987 Reagan states "Mr. G tear down this wall" Dec 4, 1987 INF Treaty signed to reduce weaponry Apr 5, 1988 widespread strikes in Poland Dec 5, 1988 Gorbachev gives non-ideological speech & amends constitution Apr 5, 1989 Hu Yaobang dies which sparks Tiananmen Square Jun 5, 1989 Elections in Poland, massacre in China Jul 5, 1989 mass exodus of E. Germans to Hungary Oct 5, 1989 40th anniversary celebration in E. Germany Nov 5, 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Berlin Wall falls Oct 5, 1990 Germany reunited Apr 5, 1991 many former Eastern bloc states declare indpendence Aug 5, 1991 Gorbachev ousted by Yeltsin Dec 25, 1991 Final collapse of USSR