Cold War Presidents

HUAC

Jan 1, 1938

http://hrmediaarchive.estuarypress.com/peace-and-huac/peace-and-huac-1960-63-18/

President Truman in Office

Apr 12, 1945

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#/media/File:Harry_S._Truman.jpg

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=81

Loyalty Program

Mar 27, 1947

http://all-len-all.com/on-this-day-mar-22-1947-truman-orders-loyalty-checks-of-federal-employees/

Marshall Plan

Apr 1, 1948

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan#/media/File:US-MarshallPlanAid-Logo.svg

Berlin/Air Lift

Apr 1, 1948

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade#/media/File:C-54landingattemplehof.jpg

N.A.T.O.

Apr 4, 1949

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_NATO

Eisenhower Elected

Nov 4, 1952

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/today-in-history/11/06/1106eisenhower.html?SITE=TXDAM

Eisenhower in the Cold War

Period: Nov 4, 1952 to Jan 20, 1961

McCarran Walter Act

Dec 24, 1952

Eisenhower entered Office

Jan 20, 1953

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower

President Truman Left Office

Jan 20, 1953

Korean War Ends

Jul 27, 1953

http://justincapnotebook.wikispaces.com/The+Korean+War

Eisenhower Doctrine

Jan 5, 1957

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/eisenhower-doctrine

Russians Launch Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

http://salinaradio.todayinkansas.com/oct-4-1957-sputnik-launched/

NASA Formed

Jul 29, 1958

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

Eisenhower left Office

Jan 20, 1961

http://thedisorderofthings.com/tag/james-der-derian/

Kennedy Begins Presidency

Jan 20, 1961

Kennedy In the Cold War

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Kennedy announces Goal to Reach The Moon

Sep 12, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

Oct 28, 1962

Limited Nuclear Test Contract Signed by Soviets

Aug 5, 1963

Kennedy is Assisinated

Nov 22, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson enters office

Nov 22, 1963

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Lyndon_B._Johnson,_photo_portrait,_leaning_on_chair,_color_cropped.jpg

Johnson's Presidency

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Johnson approves Maddox retaliation

Aug 2, 1964

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/USS_Maddox_(DD-731).jpg

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Aug 7, 1964

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Tonkin_Gulf_Resolution.jpg

TET Offensive

Jan 31, 1968

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Marines_in_DaiDo_Vietnam_during_Tet_Offensive_1968.jpg

Johnson announces less bombings, more diplomacy

Mar 31, 1968

Nixon enters office

Jan 20, 1969

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg

Nixon's presidency

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Apollo 11 lands on moon

Jul 20, 1969

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg

Black Sabbath's War Pigs released

Sep 18, 1970

http://www.black-sabbath.de/bootlegs/paris/war1.jpg

Vietnamization "complete"

Jan 27, 1972

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/NixononCambodia.jpg

Détente - Nixon meets with Brehsnev

May 13, 1972

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Brezhnev_and_Nixon_-_Flickr_-_The_Central_Intelligence_Agency.jpg

Nixon discovered recording DNC

Jun 17, 1972

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/WatergateFromAir.JPG

Saturday Night Massacre

Oct 20, 1973

Nixon releases some tapes http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Impeach_Nixon_retouched.jpg

Nixon resigns

Aug 9, 1974

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3140/2623748139_1fc349498a_o.jpg

Gerald Ford sworn in as president after Nixon resigns.

Aug 9, 1974

http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2006/16/4243_113748433866.jpg

Communist groups seize power in African nations Angola and Mozambique.

Jun 2, 1975

http://www.simmons-simmons.com/en/Regions/Africa

The US and USSR undertake their first joint space mission, the Apollo-Soyuz project, marking the end of the ‘Space Race.'

Jul 1, 1975

http://www.techeye.net/science/america-gives-up-on-space-race

Death of Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong.

Sep 9, 1976

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-i-levine/mao-zedong-book_b_1981465.html

Jimmy Carter Inagurated as U.S. President

Jan 20, 1977

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

The South-East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) is formally dissolved.

Jun 30, 1977

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization

Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-II treaty.

Jun 18, 1979

Limited nuclear weapons.
http://pages.ramapo.edu/~theed/Cold_War/d_Brezhnev_Era/g%20Carter_77-80/cc_SALTII.html

Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the weakening communist government there.

Dec 24, 1979

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union