Europe and North America 1945- Present By GlennPresssel Apr 8, 1945 NATO created Jul 17, 1945 Postdam Conference Aug 15, 1945 Japan Surenders ending WWI Period: Aug 15, 1945 to Dec 25, 1991 The Cold War Oct 24, 1945 UN is Created Mar 5, 1946 Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begans The Korean war was the first war that actullay proved that the cold war could lead to a hot war. Nov 1, 1952 US test hydrogen bomb The US testing of a bomb more powrful than the Jul 27, 1953 Korean War ends After both the UN and China got involed the Korean War had became a stalemate Apr 15, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invansion Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall Built Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missiles crsis is over Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King "I have a dream" Speech Feb 17, 1965 U.S. Enters Vietnam War Apr 30, 1975 South Vietnam Falls to North Vietnam Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Destroyed Dec 25, 1991 Soviet Union Collapses Nov 1, 1993 EU created Nov 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on Twin Towers
