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Cold War Timeline Project
Cold War and Personal Interview -
Truman Doctrine
Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War. -
The Berlin Airlift
The allied response was an unbelievably massive air supply, flying night and day to feed the city. -
Forming of NATO
United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
Forming of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact. -
The Vietnam War
The US feared if North Vietnam won the war other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. -
Gabriela Munoz is Born
She was born in 1974, same year as SEATO ended. -
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Personal Timeline
10 Personal Events. -
Gabriela Munoz Enters Primary School
Enters primary school, same year that the Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan. -
Gabriela Enters Secondary School at Remington School
Enters secondary school at Remington School, same year that Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. -
Gabriela Munoz Graduates from Secondary School
Graduates from secondary school and begins working with her father as a tailor, same year that Gorbachev announces to the UN that the Soviet Union will no longer (militarily) be involved in Eastern Europe. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. -
The Cold War Ends
Supporters of Communism stage an unsuccessful coup. Soviet Union is then abolished and Boris Yeltsin becomes President of Russia. -
Gabriela Munoz's Father Dies
Gabriela Munoz’s father dies due to diabetes. -
Gabriela Has Her First Child
Luis David Herrera is born, Gabriela’s first child, and first boy. Who also came out to be the most AWESOME person in the world. -
Gabriela Migrates to the U.S.
Gabriela migrates to the U.S. along with her son. -
Gabriela Munoz Has Her Second Child
Santiago Jose Saenzpardo is born, Gabriela’s second child, and second boy. -
Gabriela Munoz Has Her Third Child
Alejandra Torres Munoz is born, Gabriela’s third child, and first girl. -
Gabriela Munoz Has Her Fourth and Final Child
Sofia Torres Munoz is born, Gabriela’s fourth and final child. Also second girl.
