cold war timeline

berlin airlift

Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

Creation of NATO

Apr 4, 1949

Korean war

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Creation of the Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

Vietnam War

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Construction of the Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

cuban missile crisis

Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 29, 1962

moon landing

Period: Jul 16, 1969 to Jul 20, 1969

Destruction of the Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989