World Timeline Map By imtimetoast Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb 1947 Molotov Plan 1947 U.S Aid to Greece Period: Mar 12, 1947 to Jul 12, 1948 Truman Doctrine Jun 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Airlift 1949 Communist Win China Apr 4, 1949 NATO Established Aug 29, 1949 USSR Get The Atomic Bomb Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War 1953 Coup in Iran Jun 18, 1954 Coup in Guatemala May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Formed 1956 Suez Canal Crisis Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1964 China Explodes Atomic Bomb Sep 11, 1973 Coup In Chile Nov 11, 1975 Communist Angola Period: 1978 to 1979 Iran Islamic Revolution 1979 Sandinistas rise up in Nicaragua Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Soviets Invade Afghanistan Period: 1980 to 1992 War in El Salvador 1983 Evil Empire Speech Mar 27, 1983 Star Wars S.D.I Period: Aug 20, 1985 to Mar 4, 1987 Iran Contra Affiar Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the berlin wall Period: Mar 11, 1990 to Dec 25, 1991 Fall Of The USSR