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Cold War Begins
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United States first used atomic bomb in war
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"Iron Curtain" Speech
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Marshall Plan announced
The Marshall Plan established the ECA (Economic Cooperation Administration) and aimed to increase productivity, stimulate economic growth, and promote trade. -
Berlin Blockade begins
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. -
Berlin Blockade Ends
Access to Berlin is now allowed -
NATO ratified
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)is established as a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet agression against Western Europe. -
Soviets explode first atomic bomb
The USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name "First Lightning" -
Communist China
Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China -
Joseph McCarhty begins Communist hunt
Communist immergance led to a nationwide communism scare. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a prominant figure in the search for American Communists -
Warsaw pact formed
A mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. -
Sputnik launch
The Soviet Union launches the worlds first successfull satillite -
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro took control of Cuba by force and remained its communist dicator for the next five decades -
Krushchev visits United State
Soviet Union leader Nikita Krushchev visits the United States. He takes a tour of Los Angeles and is denied access to Disneyland! -
JFK elected president
John F. Kennedy is elected as President of the United States -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba -
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins
The Berlin Wall was a barrier separating West Berlin and East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other. This is the moment in the Cold War that is usually discussed as being the closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
President Kennedy assassinated
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
With the U.S. and the USSR competing in the space race , the United States makes a great feat and is the first country to successfully put a man on the moon. -
SALT 1 signed
SALT (Strateigic Arms Limitations Talk) was an agreement between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in order to control nuclear weapons use. -
SALT II signed
Negotiations planned to provide for equal numbers of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles for both sides. -
Berlin Wall falls
The wall that separated West Berlin and East Berlin is torn down -
Germany Reunited
Eastern and Western Germany are reunited -
Warsaw pact ends
Military alliance between the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europe ends -
Cold War Ends
Tension between Russia and the U.S. and the Cold War ends
