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House Un-American Activities Committee formed
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
United States Formation
The formation of the United Nations was a lengthy and difficult political process, particularly for the United States. It began as The League of Nations in 1919. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference is the beginning of the Cold War. The Yalta Conference was the meeting of the "Big Three" , at the former palace of Czar Nicholas on the Crimean southern shore of the Black Sea. -
Potsdam Conference
During the Potsdam Conference the "Big Three" met at Potsdam, Germany. This conference discussed post-war arrangements in Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is the common name for the Cold War strategy of containment versus the Soviet Union and the expansion of communism. This doctrine was first promulgated by President Harry Truman in an address to the U.S. Congress. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the primary program for the United States for rebuilding and create a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Western Europe, and repelling the threat of internal communism after World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the C-47 Skytrains unloading at Tempelhof Airport . -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950, and the Security Council of the United Nations, owing to a walk-out by the USSR, voted to oppose them. -
Era of McCarthyism begins
United States Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected Communists in the United States government - era of McCarthyism begins. -
Rosenberg Execution
the anniversary of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's historic execution in 1953. Found guilty of relaying U.S. military secrets to the Soviets, the Rosenbergs were the first U.S. civilians to be sentenced to death for espionage. -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
The Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, but it had been in negotiations for nearly two years before it was finally signed. When the negotiations were finally over the agreement the Korean War Armistice Agreement consisted of five articles providing for a suspension of all open hostilities, a system for the transfer of POW’s and a set demarcation line with a 2.4 Mile “buffer” or demilitarization zone. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
was launched on October 4, 1957. The satellite was 58 cm (about 23 in) in diameter and weighed approximately 83.6 kg (about 183 lb). Each of its elliptical orbits around the Earth took about 96 minutes. Monitoring of the satellite was done by many amateur radio operators[1] and the Jodrell Bank Observatory. -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received medals from around the world for his pioneering tour in space. -
First American in Space
On May 5, 1961, Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (right, headed to launch) blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. His 15-minute sub-orbital flight made him the first American in space -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. However, it was also the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. -
NATO Formation
The NATO formation was when twelve independent countries signed the treaty with the sole purpose of coming to each other’s aid to guarantee the security of each country -
Warsaw Pact Formation
The Warsaw Pact alliance of the East European socialist states is the nominal counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the European continent. Unlike NATO, founded in 1949, however, the Warsaw Pact does not have an independent organizational structure but functions as part of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. -
First Man on the Moon
Apollo 11 blasted off on July 16, 1969. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11.
