Prelude to the cold war and the cold war timeline project By etimzybhee Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945 Roosevelt Presidency Nov 28, 1943 Tehran Conference Jun 22, 1944 Roosevelt signs s Servicemen Readjustment Act of 1944 signed into law Feb 4, 1945 Yalta conference Period: Apr 9, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 Truman Presidency Jul 17, 1945 Potsdam Conference Period: 1946 to 1964 Baby Boom/Baby Boomers Period: 1947 to 1991 Cold War Mar 12, 1947 Truman announces The Truman Doctrine Apr 3, 1948 Marshall plan signed into law Jul 4, 1948 The Truman Doctrine aids Greece and Turkey 1949 The Fall of Nationalist China and the retreat to Taiwan Apr 4, 1949 NATO Founded Apr 7, 1950 NSC 68 presented to Truman Jul 25, 1950 Korean War begins Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Eisenhower Presidency Jul 26, 1953 Cuban revolution begins Aug 15, 1953 American sponsored Iranian coup d'état takes place Mar 13, 1954 Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins in Vietnam Jun 18, 1954 American sponsored Guatemalan coup d'état takes place Period: 1955 to 1973 American Involvement in Vietnam May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact founded Period: Aug 2, 1955 to Jul 24, 1969 Space race Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik I Launched Jul 29, 1958 NASA founded Dec 31, 1958 Cuban dictator Batista ousted revolution ends May 1, 1960 Francis Gary Powers shot down causing U2 incident Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Presidency Apr 17, 1961 Bay of pigs incident begins Apr 19, 1961 Bay of pigs ends with Cuban victory Oct 16, 1962 Cuban missile crisis Oct 28, 1962 Cuban missile crisis ends Nov 1, 1963 Ngo Diem Coup Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 Johnson Presidency Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act enacted Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed Feb 21, 1965 Assassination of Malcolm X Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act enacted Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive launched Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King. Jr. Jun 6, 1968 Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 Nixon Presidency Apr 20, 1970 First Earth Day Apr 29, 1970 Nixon launches Cambodia incursion Dec 2, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency founded Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accords signed Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Ford Presidency Sep 8, 1974 Pardon of Richard Nixon May 12, 1975 Mayaguez Incident Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 Carter Presidency Nov 4, 1979 Iran Hostage crisis begins Dec 25, 1979 ades Afghanistan Jan 20, 1981 Iran hostage release Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Reagan Presidency Oct 11, 1986 Reykjavik Summit Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993 Bush Sr. Presidency Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Aug 2, 1990 First Gulf/Iraq War begins Feb 28, 1991 First Gulf/iraw War ends Jul 1, 1991 Warsaw Pact dissolved Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001 Clinton Presidency Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009 Bush Jr. Presidency Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Oct 7, 2001 US invades Afghanistan Dec 18, 2001 Iraq War ends Mar 20, 2003 Second Iraq War begins Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017 Obama Presidency May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden killed