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George Bush (Senior)
41st president of the US. He was born on June 12, 1924. -
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China's Civil War
The China Civil war was The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China -
When did Gorbachev come to power?
Gorbachev is a former Soviets statesmen. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an ingovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
The Churchill's iron curtain speech was Churchill gave his now famous "Iron Curtain" speech to a crowd of 40,000. In this speech, Churchill gave the very descriptive phrase that surprised the United States and Britain, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War ... -
Berlin Airlift
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states -
USSR's first Atomic Bomb Test
On this date, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. -
World War II
World War II lasted from September 1, 1939 until Septemeber 2, 1949. It ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. -
Korean War
The Korean War lasted from July 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. It was a war between North and South Korea. -
H-Bomb
The H-bomb is short for hydrogen bomb. It is a weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American politician and served as the 34th president. -
Stalin's Death
Joseph Stalin was a leader of the Soviet Union in the 1920's until his death in 1953. -
End of Korean War
The Korean War was between North and South Korea. US fought for south and China fought for North. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the US. -
SEATO
SEATO is The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. It was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War started on Nov 1, 1955 and ended on April 30th of 1975. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The term Eisenhower Doctrine refers to a speech by President Dwight David Eisenhower on 5 January 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East." -
Sputnik
Sputnik is each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
Whenever Fidel Castro took over Cuba, he ruled it for almost 5 decades. -
Mutually Assured Destruction/MAD Plan
is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Francis Gary Powers
was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Playa Girón, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was constructed in Aug of 1961 and deconstructed in Nov of 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
When was John F. Kennedy shot and killed?
John F. Kennedy was assassinated. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the US. He was the only president to resign from the office. -
NASA's first moon landing
The first person landed on the moon on July 20th, 1969. It is also known as Apollo 11. -
SALT- First Strategic Plan Limitations Treaty
Two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the US. -
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963. -
Gerald Ford
American Politican that served as the 38th president. -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter served as the 39th president after Gerald Ford. In 2002, he was awared Noble Piece Prize. -
U.S. boycott of the summer olympics
Spurred by president Jimmy Carter. -
Soviets Invade Afganistan
Lasted over 9 years. Insurgent fought against the soviet Army. -
Miracle on Ice
Won the hockey olympics in 1980. -
STAR WARS- Strategic Defense Initiative
proposed missle defense system -
When did Soviets leave Afghanistan?
The Soviets left Afghanistan on May 15, 1988. It continued until February of 1989. -
Ronald Regan
40th President of the US. -
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen located to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin wall fell on November 9, 1989. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. -
Boris Yeltsin
President of Russia. Russian Politician. Died on April 23, 2007.
