Cq

Cold War events

By 17aanderson

  • Warsaw pact dissolved

    Warsaw pact dissolved
    The warsaw pact was a military complement of the council for Mutual Economic Assistance. It was called the Warsaw pact, because it was signed in Warsaw.

  • 1st Mcdonalds

    1st Mcdonalds
    The 1st Mcdonalds opened during the Cold War. It was the Soviet Union, not the United States who opened the first Mcdonalds.

  • summer olympics boycott

    summer olympics boycott
    The Summer olympics boycott of 1980 was part of a protest by the United States against Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.

  • New general secretary of the communist party

    New general secretary of the communist party
    Chernenko, the previous general secretary died, and the following day Mikhail Gorbachev became the new General Secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union.

  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative
    Also known as SDI or "star wars". "Star Wars" was a proposal made by Reagan to protect the United States from strategic nuclear ballistic missles.

  • Iran-contra affair

    Iran-contra affair
    Secret agency in the 1980s to provide to provide funds Nicaraguan rebels from profits. These profits were gained by selling arms to Iran.

  • Caribbean Basin Initiative

    Caribbean Basin Initiative
    Temporary program that aimed to provide many tarriff and trade benefits to Central American and Caribbean countries.

  • Intermediate-Range Nuclear

    Intermediate-Range Nuclear
    A 1987 agreement between United States and Soviet Union. It was an agreement that said the USA and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate intermeidiate-range and shorter-range missiles.

  • Berlin Wall collapses

    Berlin Wall collapses
    After weeks of civil unrest the government of Germany announced that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East German and West German climbed up the wall .

  • Germany reunified

    Germany reunified
    Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together. On this day when they came together, they called it "Unity Day".

  • New President of Russia

    New President of Russia
    Boris Yeltsin becomes the president of Russia in 1991. He even remains president after the Soviet Union collapses.

  • END OF THE SOVIET UNION

    END OF THE SOVIET UNION
    The economy of the Soviet Union was deeply flawed, which is hard to work with. In my opinion Socialism, and communism always fail.