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North Atlantic Treaty signed
After a joint repudiation of Soviet note the North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. -
Berlin Wall was built
The Berlin Wall was built to seperate Berlin. -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
US Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, shows aerial reconnaissance photographs of Soviet missiles on Cuba during Security Council debate. -
Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. -
Intelligence Identities Protection Act
President Reagan visits CIA headquarters to sign the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. -
Evil Empire
In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, Raegan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire." -
Flight 007
Civilian Koran Air Lines Flight 007, with 269 passengers, is shot down by Soviet interceptor aircraft. -
USSR leader
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes new leader of the USSR. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to be born under Communist rule. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev is named general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. -
Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster: A soviet nuclear plant in Ukraine explodes, resulting in the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. -
Tear Down This Wall
During a visit to Berlin, Germany, president Reagan famously challenges Soviet leader Gorbachev in a speech to "tear down this wall". -
INF Treaty
The Intermediate- Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by President Raegan and Soviet leader Gorbachev. -
The Soviets begin withdrawing from Afghanistan.
The Soviets begin withdrawing from Afghanistan. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is breached when a Politburo spokesman mistakenly announces at a news conference in East Berlin that the borders have been opened. -
Berlin Wall
East Germany begins to take down the Berlin Wall. -
Russian flag
Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union. The red flag over the Kremlin is replaced by the Russian flag.
