Timeline 1945-1992

By ebony28

  • Yalta Confrence

    Genesis of Cold War

  • Winston Churchills's 'Iron Speech'

  • Harry S. Truman's 'Truman Doctrine' Speech

  • NATO Established

  • Berlin Blockade Ends

  • Korean War Begins

  • Joseph Stalin Dies

  • Korean armistice signed

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    Hungarian Uprising dfeated by the Soviet Union

  • Berlin Wall is Built

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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    Soviet Union invades Czechoslovkia

  • President Nixon visits China

  • Vietnam War Ends

  • Vietnam Invades Cambodia

  • Soviet Union invade Afghanistan

  • Brezhzev dies

  • Korean Airlines 007 shot down

  • Andropov dies

  • Superpower summit between Reagen and Gorbachev, Geneva

  • Superpower Summit between Regean and Gorbachev, Reykjavik

  • Berlin Wall Falls

  • Soviet Union dissolved

  • George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap

  • US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane

  • Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.

  • Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys

  • Jack Gleeson is born