The Cold War By ToraKU Period: Jan 1, 1944 to Dec 31, 1989 Satellite Nations Period: Jul 1, 1944 to Jul 22, 1944 Bretton Woods Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1991 H.U.A.C Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Nov 1, 1990 Arms Race Period: Sep 2, 1945 to Dec 31, 1964 Baby Boom Mar 5, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Period: Jan 1, 1947 to Dec 31, 1957 McCarthyism/Red Scare Feb 17, 1947 "Voice of America" Apr 3, 1948 Truman Doctrine Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949 Berlin Airlift Jan 5, 1949 "Fair Deal" Mar 1, 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution May 4, 1949 NATO Aug 29, 1949 H Bomb Aug 29, 1949 Soviets detonation of the Atomic Bomb Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1989 Domino Theory Jan 21, 1950 Alger Hiss Apr 7, 1950 NSC-68 Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Sep 23, 1950 McCarran Mar 6, 1951 Rosenberg Spy Case Jun 4, 1951 Dennis v. US Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death Jan 12, 1954 Massive Retaliation Period: Mar 13, 1954 to May 7, 1954 Dien Bien Phu Period: Jun 18, 1954 to Jun 27, 1954 Guatemalan Coup May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Feb 25, 1956 Khrushchev's Secret Speech Jun 26, 1956 Interstate Highway Act off 1956 Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Period: Oct 4, 1957 to Jul 1, 1975 Space Race Sep 2, 1958 National Defense and Education Act (NDEA) Jan 1, 1960 M.A.D Jan 1, 1960 Trsscomm May 1, 1960 U-2 Spy Plane Affair Apr 1, 1961 Bay of Pigs Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Period: Oct 14, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Feb 19, 1963 The Feminine Mystique Jun 20, 1963 Hotline Aug 5, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Period: Oct 14, 1964 to Nov 10, 1982 Leonid Brezhnev Oct 1, 1965 Indonesian Coup May 1, 1966 Cultural Revolution (China) Period: Jun 5, 1967 to Jun 10, 1967 Six Day War Jun 8, 1967 U.S.S Liberty Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive May 22, 1968 U.S.S Scorpion Period: Aug 20, 1968 to Aug 21, 1968 Prague Spring Rebellion Apr 20, 1970 Vietnamization May 22, 1972 Detente May 26, 1972 SALT I & II Jun 23, 1972 Title IX Aug 9, 1974 First Unelected President Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 31, 1979 Cambodia & Khmer Rouge Aug 1, 1975 Helsinki Accords Period: Dec 2, 1976 to Feb 24, 2008 Fidel Castro Nov 17, 1978 Neutron Bomb Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Afghanistan War Sep 17, 1980 Solidarity Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan Mar 23, 1983 SDI Mar 1, 1985 Glastnost Mar 1, 1985 Perestroika Mar 11, 1985 Gorbachev May 20, 1985 John Walker Dec 8, 1987 INF Treaty Oct 3, 1990 German Reunifcation