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U.S. Launches USS Natilus
First nuclear submarine, ultimate nuclear detterent -
Marshall Plan
U.S. plan to provide foreign aid to war torn Europe to help them rebuild -
COMECON
U.S.S.R's equivalent to the European Economic Community, goal was to provide financial aid to the U.S.S.R.'s satellite countries -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance between many nations to stop the spread of communism -
Start of Korean War
Korea enters a civil war, with the North supported by the U.S.S.R. and the south supported by the U.S. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president of the United States
The United States elects Eisenhower as the 34th president of the United States -
First Hydrothermal Bomb Testing
United States tests first hydrothermal bomb, development in the arms race between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. -
Krushchev takes power in the U.S.S.R.
After Joseph Stalin's death the new leader of the U.S.S.R becomes Khrushchev -
End of Korean War
Armistice agreement is signed officially ending the Korean War -
Warsaw Pact
Military Alliance of Eastern European countries, basically the opposite of NATO -
Start of Vietnamise War
Fighting between the U.S.S.R. supported the northern communists and the U.S. supported south who was against communism -
Sputnik
First manmade satellite in space, from the U.S.S.R. -
Fidel Castro takes power of Cuba
Overthrew Cuban government, converted Cuba to communism, and had control of Cuban military and government -
John F. Kennedy is elected president of th United States
The United States elects Kennedy as the next president after Eisenhower's 2 terms were up -
U2
U.S. spy shot down by the U.S.S.R., heavily raised Cold War tensions -
Yuri Gagarin
First man in space, Russian cosmonaut -
Bay of Pigs
Invasion of Cuba organized by the U.S. government. -
Construction of Berlin Wall
Soviet Union built a wall splitting Berlin to keep people in West Berlin. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Most tense part of the cold war, U.S.S.R. sends nuclear missiles to Cuba and the U.S. responds with a military blockade -
U.S.S.R. and U.S. Establish an Emergency Hotline
Big step taken to avoid the looming possibility of war. "Communication is key in any relationship" -
Detente
Period of easing the Cold War tensions between the U.S.S.R. and the United States -
Vietnamization
U.S. policy of withdrawing troops from Vietnam, while training the citizens to fight -
End of Vietnamese War
The communists win a few years after the U.S. withdraws troops -
Glasnost
New Policy of government openness to the public in the U.S.S.R. -
Perestrokia
Government movement away from the traditional authoritarian U.S.S.R. led by Gorbachev -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Wall separating the city of Berlin finally destroyed reuniting the city. -
Gulf War Starts
The gulf war, fought in the Persian gulf, is the last war of the Cold War -
Gulf War Ends
The last war of the Cold war ends -
Warsaw Pact Dissolved
The military alliance between Eastern European countries is formally dissolved
