Cold War Timeline

AHSC: Alger Hiss Spy Case

Nov 11, 1904

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss

RRE: Ronald Reagan Elected (EOTCW: End of the Cold War)

Feb 6, 1911

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan

TRR: The Russian Revolution

Mar 8, 1917

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution

The GNC (Geneva Naval Conference-VW: Vietnam War)

Feb 24, 1927

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Naval_Conference

TPDC: The Pots Dam Conference

Jul 26, 1945

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf

ABOHAN: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945

IC: Iron Curtain

Mar 5, 1946

https://www.britannica.com/event/Iron-Curtain

TTD: The Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine

McCarthyism (Army/Hearings)

Mar 21, 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

TMP: The Marshall Plan

Jun 5, 1947

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-plan

TMP: The Molotov Plan

Jun 23, 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_Plan

HW: HollyWood 10

Oct 23, 1947

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/hollywood-ten

TBA: The Berlin Airlift

Jun 24, 1948

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/berlin-airlift

TBB: The Berlin Blockade

Jun 24, 1948

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Apr 4, 1949

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO

SEAB: Soviets explode Atomic Bomb

Sep 3, 1949

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb

KW: Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war

RT: Rosenburg Trial

Mar 6, 1951

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rosenberg-trial-begins

TBDBP: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (VW: Vietnam War)

May 7, 1954

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-defeated-at-dien-bien-phu

THR: The Hungarian Revolution

Oct 23, 1956

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956

The U2 Incident

May 1, 1960

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident

BPI: Bay of Pigs Invasion

Apr 17, 1961

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion

CMC: Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 29, 1962

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

TAD: The Assassination of Diem (VW: Vietnam War)

Nov 2, 1963

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam

The Assassination of JFK (John F. Kennedy) (VW: Vietnam War)

Nov 22, 1963

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated

TTGR: The Tonkin Gulf Resolution (VW: Vietnam War)

Aug 7, 1964

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin

ORT: Operation Rolling Thunder (VW: Vietnam War)

Mar 2, 1965

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder

TAWM: The Anti-War Movement

Oct 21, 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War

TET Offensive (VW: Vietnam War)

Jan 30, 1968

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive

Assassination of MLK (VW: Vietnam War)

Apr 4, 1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Assassination of RFK (VW: Vietnam War)

Jun 5, 1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy

TIC: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Aug 20, 1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia

RDC: Riots of Democratic Convention (VW: Vietnam War)

Aug 28, 1968

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago

EN: Election of Nixon (VW: Vietnam War)

Nov 5, 1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968

Kent State (VW: Vietnam War)

May 4, 1970

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

Nixon visits China (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Feb 21, 1972

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-arrives-in-china-for-talks

CV: Ceasefire in Vietnam (VW: Vietnam War)

Jan 28, 1973

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cease-fire-goes-into-effect

FS: Fall of Saigon (VW: Vietnam War)

Apr 30, 1975

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon

SDI (Strategic Defensive Initiative) announced (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Mar 23, 1983

http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/SDI-StarWars.asp

TGCG: The Geneva Conference with Gorbachev (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Nov 19, 1985

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-and-gorbachev-hold-their-first-summit-meeting

The "Tear Down this Wall" Speech (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Jun 12, 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!

TBW: The Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall

TFBW: The Fall of the Berlin Wall (ECW: End of the Cold War)

Nov 9, 1989

https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/berlinwall

TWP: The Warsaw Pact

Feb 25, 1991

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact