The Cold War

Cold War Begins

Feb 4, 1945

The United States and Soviet Union were allies in World War II and had unsettled issues from the war. It was a war for power between the U.S and Sovoiet Union.
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Berlin Blockade Begins

Jun 24, 1948

http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/timeline.htm Great Britian and the United States supplied 13,000 tons of food and supplies to West Berlin.

German Democratic Republic

Oct 7, 1949

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War The Soviets declare their zone of Germany to be the German Democratic Republic in East Berlin.

Korean War begins

Jul 25, 1950

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_WarNorth Korea invades South Korea.

USS Nautilus

Jan 21, 1954

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_WarThe U.S launches the first nuclear submarine which becomes the ultimate uclear deterrent.

Sputnik launched

Oct 4, 1957

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War The first satellite launched into outerspace which started the Space Race.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Apr 17, 1961

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_WarThe CIA tries to invade Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro, but was unsuccessful.

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 1, 1962

http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm This was a 13 day standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War The U.S accomplishes the first "on foot" moon landing from Neil Armstrong.

President Nixon visits China

Feb 1, 1972

http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/cold_war_timeline.htm President Nixon was the first U.S president to visit China. His reason for visitng was because the U.S was trying to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.

President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative

Jan 1, 1983

http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm The Strategic Defense Initiative was a ground-based and space-based system used to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

Berlin Wall is demolished

Jan 1, 1989

http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/cold_war_timeline.htm The Berlin Wall was built to keep East and West Germany seperate so that the citizens would not intermingle during the Cold War. It was taken down in 1989 because the Cold War was coming to an end and re-unify the East and West.

Soviet Union is abolished

Jan 1, 1991

http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/cold_war_timeline.htm
The presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, signed the Belavezha Accords, which declared the Soviet Union dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place.