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1st Geneva Conference
After the successful of the Geneva Conference of 1863, the Swiss Federal Council, on the initiative of the Geneva Committee, invited the governments of all European and several American states to a diplomatic conference for the purpose of adopting a convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in war. -
The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gives a speech condemning the Soviet Union on their actions in Europe. -
The Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system created by the Soviet Union to provide aid and rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that had the same political ideology as the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood Ten Hearings
The ten men were cited for contempt of Congress. Facing trial in April 1948, each man was found guilty and sentenced to spend a year in prison and pay a $1,000 fine. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, focused over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully created economic recovery in Europe. -
The Berlin Blockade
This was one of the first cold war crisis that lasted from June, 24 1948 to May, 12 1949. The Soviet Union blockaded all ways in and out of Berlin from the allied forces. -
The Berlin Airlift
After World War II, Berlin, the German capital city, was located deep in the Soviet zone, but it was also divided into four sections. In June 1948, the Russians–who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all highways, railroads and canals from western-occupied Germany into western-occupied Berlin. Trying to starve the civilians in east Berlin. Then in 1948 -
Alger Hiss case
Accused of espionage. On August 3, 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist Party member, appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities to plead his innocence. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
The first nuclear test of the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea. China, with assistance from the Soviet Union, came to the aid of North Korea. -
Rosenburg Case
Julius Rosenberg was arrested a few weeks after the Korean War began. He and his wife Ethel were executed on June 19, 1953. The legal charge of which the Rosenbergs were convicted was vague: “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage.” -
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. This battle led to the end of French involvement in Vietnam and the signing of the Geneva Conference. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations between April 1954 and June 1954. -
The Geneva Conference
Was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, it's purpose was to find a way to settle issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of peace in Indochina. It lasted from April 26 to July 20. -
The Warsaw Pact
Was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet controlled countries. -
The Invasion of Hungary
Was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. -
The U2 incident
An American U2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Russian air space. -
Bay of Pigs
A failed military takeover by CIA backed rebels. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding U.S., French, and British territories. -
Cuban Missile Crisis 13 days
The thirteen days marking the most dangerous period of the Cuban missile crisis. -
Assassination of Diem
The murder of the president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, and his brother/adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, on November 2, 1963, it was a turning point in the Vietnam war. -
Assassination of JFK
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime. Even later, Oswald was shot and killed. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
China & Soviet nuclear test
China was working to develop an atomic bomb, possibly aided by Soviet technicians and scientists. They then joined other countries with a bombs. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was an aerial bombardment campaign. -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched January 30, 1968, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army. -
Assassination of MLK
James Earl Ray killed Dr. King in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968, confessing to the crime the following March.Jul 13, 2016. -
Assassination of RFK
He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. -
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by four Warsaw Pact nations – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland. It lasted a couple of days. -
Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands War protesters battle police, while the Democratic Party falls apart over a disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Election of Richard Nixon
Former Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Kent State shooting
Involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. -
Nixon visits China
Nixon's historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
When the cease-fire went into effect, Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam’s territory and 85 percent of the population. -
Fall of Saigon
Or the Liberation of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. -
Election of Ronad Reagan
Was between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan -
Announcment of SDI ('Star Wars')
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposed missile defense system intended to shoot down any missiles headed for the US. -
'Tear Down This Wall' speech
Ronald Reagan's speech at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987 telling Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin wall. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall began the evening of 9 November 1989 and continued over the following days and weeks,
