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The war was over in The United States and Great Britain but continued for about a day more with Germans and Soviets.
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"The Truman Doctrine was a de facto declaration of the Cold War" (History.com). President Harry Truman made a statement against the rise of communism in non-communist countries.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established by the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada among other nations as a united defense against Soviets and/or communists.
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The Warsaw Pact was a treaty among the Soviet Union and seven of it's allies to defend each other if one were to be threatened.
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Fidel Castro overthrew the government in Cuba in 1959 and created the first communist state in the western hemisphere.
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1,400 American trained Cubans invaded Cuba after Fidel Castro took power in 1959 and the invasion was a total failure.
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The German Democratic Republic (Communist East Germany) builds a wall between East and West Germany and created the biggest symbol of the Cold War.
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Lyndon B. Johnson increased U.S. military presence in South Vietnam to help in the Vietnam War.
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The United States takes the lead in the space race against the Soviet Union by making a moon landing and having the first man walk on the moon.
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Representatives from the east and west discussed a treaty that involved the removal of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
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Communism took another victim when North Vietnam attacked a weakly defended Saigon and succeeded.
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Grenada's government was overthrown after President Ronald Reagan ordered an invasion of Grenada.
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Mikhail Gorbachev is known for easing things in the Soviet Union as well as with the United States during his role as General Secretary.
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The German Democratic Republic (Communist East Germany) decided on this date to allow people across the wall.
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Eleven of the twelve Soviet Republics still remaining at the time removed themselves from the Soviet Union and decided to become independent.
