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Iron Curtain Speech
On March 5, 1946, at Westminster College, Winston Churchill gave his famous Iron Curtain Speech. The Iron Curtain seperated Europe in two. -
Berlin Blockade Ends
The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin's two million citizens. -
The Formation of NATO
NATO stands for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or the North Atlantic Alliance. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty, The organization constitutes a system of collective defence where its members agree to a mutual defense in response to an attack by any other party. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. -
The Korean War Begins
The Korean War begins with Stalin equipping North Korea with Soviet Union weapons in the invasion of South Korea. -
Korean War Ends
The Korean War ends with the signing of an Armistace Agreement. -
Berlin Wall is Built
After failing to decide the future of Germany, the Berlin Wall is erected by the Soviets. -
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
The U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War is precipitated by the Gulf of Tonking incident. -
Paris Peace Accords is signed
America's involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. -
Ronald Reagan is inagurated as President \
One of the reasons Ronald Reagan is inagurated as president is his opposition to the ¨Concessions¨ of Détente. -
The Strategic Defense Initiative is proposed
President Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative to protect the U.S. from nuclear threats, especially against attacks from the Soviets. -
Mikhail Gorbachev rises to power
Mikhail Gorbachev campaigns with ¨glasnost¨ as oppossed to ¨perestroika¨, two Soviet ideals. -
Reagan meets with Gorbachev
For the first time, Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan meet at Geneva, Switzerland -
the Chernobyl disaster
In one of the worst Soviet nuclear plant accidents, Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, explodes. This came to be known as the Chernobyl disaster. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
The Destruction of the Berlin Wall signified the official end to the Cold War. On this day, U.S. President Ronald Reagan called for the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, which seperated East Germany and West Germany.
