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Cuba During the Cold War
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Cuba Missile Crisis
U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces.
(the Korean War ends July 27, 1953) -
Cuba Missile Crisis
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Iranian government. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan governmen Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) formed -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Warsaw Pact formed.
First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Red Army crushes the Hungarian Revolution -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Soviets launch first man‑made satellite. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, installs Communist government. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
East Germany builds Berlin Wall. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Sino‑Soviet Conflict begins. Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
China explodes its first atomic bomb -
Cuba Missile Crisis
U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam. -
Cuba Missile Crisis
Soviet Red Army crushes Czech Uprising -
Cuba Missile Crisis
President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia.