The Cold War By lilyxb Feb 4, 1945 The Yalta Conference Bitesize Jul 17, 1945 The Postdam Conference Wikipedia Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Learn more... Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Bitesize Jun 5, 1947 Marshall Plan Wikipedia Sep 5, 1947 Cominform More info Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade and airlift Bitesize Jun 28, 1948 Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR More info Jan 1, 1949 Comecon Encyclopdedia Brittanica Apr 4, 1949 NATO - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation History of NATO Aug 29, 1949 USSR develops atom bomb More info Apr 14, 1950 NSC-68 U.S. Department of State Jun 25, 1950 North Korea attacks South Korea BBC News Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War BitesizeWikipedia Sep 15, 1950 Inchon Landing More info Nov 25, 1950 Chinese Offensive More info Nov 1, 1952 USA develops H-bomb More info Mar 5, 1953 Death of Stalin More info Jul 27, 1953 Korean Ceasefire Wikipedia Newspaper Aug 12, 1953 USSR develops H-bomb More info Sep 8, 1954 SEATO US Department of State Wikipedia May 6, 1955 West Germany joins NATO NATO website May 15, 1955 Warsaw Pact History Channel Wikipedia History Learning Site Jul 18, 1955 Geneva Summit Quick Summary [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Summit_(19) Nov 4, 1956 Hungarian Revolution Bitesize Reading Guide Jun 11, 1957 Atlas-A Brief SummaryMore info Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 BBC ScienceNASA Jan 1, 1959 Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba More infoWikipedia May 1, 1960 U-2 crisis In-depth article BItesize Wikipedia May 16, 1960 Paris Summit BBC History Channel Jan 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin - 1st man in space Vostok 1 NASA BBC Space Jan 20, 1961 JFK becomes president Wikipedia Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs History Channel JFK Wikipedia May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard - 1st American in Space More info Jun 4, 1961 Vienna Summit Watch Documentary Wikipedia Aug 13, 1961 Construction of Berln Wall begins BBC History More info Wikipedia Jul 10, 1962 NASA Telstar Brief description with clip Wikipedia Oct 4, 1962 Operation Mongoose Marxists Spartacus Educational Wikipedia Oct 4, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis BBC History ThinkQuest JFK Wikipedia Jun 26, 1963 JFK visists Berlin Wikipedia with clip BBC News report JFK Aug 5, 1963 Test Ban Treaty JFKEncyclopedia BrittanicaWikipedia Period: Jan 5, 1968 to Aug 21, 1968 Prague Spring Video Bitesize History Learning Site Wikipedia Jul 1, 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Arms Control Association IAEA US Department of State United Nations Wikipedia Aug 20, 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia History Channel Uni. of Michigan US Department of State Wikipedia Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong - 1st Man on the Moon ThinkQuest More info Jul 26, 1969 Nixon Doctrine History Channel Princeton University Wikipedia Oct 25, 1971 China joins UN China and the UN More info Feb 21, 1972 Nixon visits Moscow & China Nixon More info Wikipedia May 26, 1972 SALT I Cold War Museum Arms Control Association US Department of State Dec 21, 1972 Basic Treaty Wikipedia Aug 1, 1975 Helsinki Agreement Shorter Summary OSCE Wikipedia Jan 6, 1977 Charter 77 (Czechoslovakia) Wikipedia Library of Congress More info Jan 16, 1979 Iranian Revolution BBC News Wikipedia Jun 18, 1979 SALT II fails Council of Foreign Relations History Channel Encyclopaedia Brittanica Wikipedia Dec 24, 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afganistan US influences Encyclopaedia Britannica History Learning Site Period: Dec 24, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Soviet War in Afganistan Documentary Wikipedia Jan 20, 1980 USA boycotts Moscow Olympics NBC News ClipWikipedia Aug 31, 1980 Polish Solidarity Encyclopaedia Britannica Soviet History Wikipedia Mar 23, 1983 Strategic Defence Initiative Cold War Museum Wikipedia Mar 15, 1985 Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader More info Glasnost and Perestroika Glasnost Perestroika Biography of Gorbachev Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl World Nuclear Association Telegraph BBC News Wikipedia Dec 8, 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ACA US Department of State Wikipedia Feb 5, 1989 End of Cold War Gorbachev and Reagan announce end of Cold War US History Bitesize Mar 5, 1989 No suppression in Eastern Europe Gorbachec states that there will be no suppression of protests in Eastern Europe. Aug 5, 1991 Attempted coup against Gorbachev Dec 5, 1991 USSR dissolved
