History Timeline By facebooker_10204923275955811 Period: Nov 28, 1943 to Dec 1, 1943 Tehran Conference Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Apr 12, 1945 Roosevelt died May 7, 1945 Germany surrender in WW2 Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945 Potsdam Conference Sep 2, 1945 Japanese surrender; end of WW2 Feb 22, 1946 George Keenan Long Telegram Mar 5, 1946 Churchill Iron Curtain Speech Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Jun 5, 1947 Marshall Plan announced Oct 30, 1947 Molotov Plan Feb 25, 1948 Czech Coup Mar 13, 1948 Marshall Plan approved Jun 20, 1948 Deutschmark introduced to West Germany Jun 23, 1948 Soviet introduced their own currency reform to Germany Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949 Berlin Blockade Apr 4, 1949 NATO Sep 23, 1949 Soviet successful testing of atomic bomb Oct 1, 1949 Fall of China to communism Jan 12, 1950 Dean Acheson's Defence Perimeter Speech Jan 30, 1950 Stalin agree to Kim's invasion plans Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Jun 27, 1950 US sponsored a resolution in UN Security Council calling for military actions against North Korea Oct 30, 1950 China entered Korean War on NK's side Apr 11, 1951 Truman discharged General MacArthur for insubordination Jul 30, 1951 POW Issue; Kim asked Stalin to make peace to end war Mar 5, 1953 Death of Stalin Jun 30, 1953 Operation Everready May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Jan 31, 1959 Castro takes power in Cuba May 17, 1959 Land Redistribution Program Feb 13, 1960 Cuba Trade Agreement with USSR Dec 19, 1960 Castro openly aligns himself with Soviets Jan 3, 1961 Cuba and US broke off diplomatic relations Jan 20, 1961 JFK became President Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Jan 31, 1962 U2 accidents over Cuba & Siberia Feb 7, 1962 Total embargo of goods to Cuba except food and medicine Mar 23, 1962 Trade Embargo on all goods made from Cuban material even if they are made in another country May 1, 1962 Khrushchev decided on installing missiles for various reasons May 7, 1962 USA conducted Operation Quickkick May 30, 1962 Castro accepts deployment of nuclear weapons Oct 15, 1962 US intelligience discovered Soviets building missiles sites in Cuba Oct 22, 1962 Quarantine of Cuban waters Oct 28, 1962 Removal of missiles from Cuba Dec 31, 1980 Glastnost, Perestroika Dec 25, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union