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Berlin blockade
first major international crises of the Cold War. Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access. -
NATO formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. -
china goes red
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war. which broke out immediately following World war 2. -
start of Korean war
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Dwight Eisenhower elected
1952 election. -
U.S. test hydrogen bomb
The United States detonates the world's first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. The test gave the United States a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. -
nikita khrushchev replaces stalin
On Stalin's orders, the USSR launched a counter-attack on Nazi Germany. Stalin died in March 1953, his death triggered a power struggle in which Nikita Khrushchev after several years emerged victorious against Georgy Malenkov. Khrushchev denounced Stalin on two occasions: in 1956 and 1962. -
Spuntnik launch
first artificial Earth satellite. -
kennedy is elected
election of 1960. -
Russia sends first man to space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space. -
bay of pigs invasion
Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion. -
berlin wall constructed
The Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August 1961. -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare. -
I have a dream speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 -
jfk assassinated
November 22, 1963 in dallas texas jfk was killed. -
The Beatles arrive in U.S.
John, Paul, George and Ringo arrived for their first U.S. visit with little idea what lay in store for them. -
china explodes atomic bomb
The People's Republic of China joins the rank of nations with atomic bomb capability, after a successful nuclear test on this day in 1964. -
first superbowl
The first Super Bowl held in 1967. -
thurgood marshall nominated to the supreme court
President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. On August 30 -
tet offensive
The Tet Offensive, or officially called The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968 by North Vietnam and the NLF, was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. -
robert kennedy assassination
On June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election, and died the next day while hospitalized -
protests at 1968 democratic national convection
tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
American astronauts land on the mood
Apollo 11 landed on the moon. -
woodstock
was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. -
watergate burglaries
There were 5 burglars arrested on June 17, 1972 at the Watergate offices of the Democratic National Committee. From left to right, the burglars were: James W. McCord – a security co-ordinator for the Republican National Committee and the Committee for the Re-election of the President. -
paris peace accords
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. -
nixon resigns
By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a controversial pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. -
soviet union invaded afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller Maoist groups -
regan is shot
President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. -
Chernobyl disaster
was a catastrophic nuclear accident. -
Iranian hostage crisis
was a major standoff between Iran and the United States. -
Fall of Berlin wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. -
mikhael gorbachev assumes control of soviet union
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, GCL is a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. -
dissolution of the soviet union
hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin.
