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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when the unemployed and working-class people of Russia revolted against the government. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union. -
The Potsdam Conference
the Potsdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) was the last of the World War II meetings. The leaders spoke and finalized the agreements of the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations. -
The Atomic Bomb
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. More would later die of radiation exposure -
The Iron Curtain
Sir Winston Churchill went to Westminster College as the Green Lecturer and delivered a message heard round the world that went down in history as the "Iron Curtain Speech" on March 5 1946. -
The Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter Soviet expansion during the Cold War. Announced by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, and later July 12, 1948. -
The Hollywood Ten
10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters refused to answer questions about their possible communist affiliations and were cited for contempt of Congress, faced trial on that charge in April 1948, each man was found guilty and sentenced to spend a year in prison and pay a $1,000 fine. -
The Marshall Plan
officially the European Recovery Program or ERP . Was an American law passed to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
The Molotov Plan
Was the system created by the Soviet Union in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
The Berlin airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. (June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949) -
The Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control, during the occupation of post–World War II Germany (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949). -
NATO
NATO also know as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. Established on 4 April 1949. -
Alger Hiss Case
an American government official who was accused 1948 of being a Soviet spy and convicted in 1950 of perjury in connection with this charge. -
The Rosenberg Trial
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). -
The Korean war
A war between North Korea and South Korea, began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border and ended Jul 27, 1953. -
The Soviet bomb test
The project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin to develop nuclear weapons during World War II -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War, consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh --Vietnamese Communist and nationalist, forces for control of a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border near Laos( Mar 13, 1954 – May 7, 1954). -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Where a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
The Geneva Conference
a conference between nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26 – July 20, 1954. It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
The Warsaw Pact
known as the Treaty of Friendship, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsawom may 14, 1955; Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Later Dissolved on July 1, 1991. -
Hungarian Revolution
a nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, from October 23 until November 23, 1956. -
The U-2 Incident
Shot down by a Soviet on May 1, 1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers had been on a top-secret mission: to overfly and photograph denied territory from his U2 spy plane deep inside Russia -
Bay of pigs invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union started by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
assassination of diem
After overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem government by South Vietnamese military forces the day before, he and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers on November 2, 1963. -
Assassination of JFK
The 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m on November 22, 1963. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, letting President Johnson take any measures he needed to, to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The title of an aerial bombardment campaign managed by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force during the Vietnam War, against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968. -
The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks during Jan 30, 1968 – Sep 23, 1968; by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces, on cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam, it was considered a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
assassination of mlk
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m and was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, dying at 7:05 p.m -
Assassination of RFK
Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary, was shot several times by the 22-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan on June 5, 1968 -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Officially known as Operation Danube was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries – the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Hungary – on the night of August 20–21, 1968. -
Riots of Democratic convention
As the authorities flowed into the International Amphitheatre to nominate a Democratic Party presidential candidate, thousands of protesters crowded the streets to rally against the Vietnam War and the political status quo. Held August 26–29, 1968 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. -
Election of Nixon
It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Kent state
Also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, in Kent Ohio, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University during a protest against the bombing of Cambodia by the United States military forces -
Nixon visits China
President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China on July 15, 1971, marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
On January 15, 1973, President Richard Nixon ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. And within sixty days of the ceasefire, the North Vietnamese would release all U.S. prisoners, and all U.S. troops would withdraw from South Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
On April 30, 1975, Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, forcing South Vietnam to surrender and bringing about an end to the Vietnam War. -
Reagan elected
Ronald Wilson Reagan prior to his presidency was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975. Who also served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. -
SDI announced
Also known as Star Wars, was a program started on March 23, 1983, under President Ronald Reagan. This program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985, in Geneva, Switzerland between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987, telling the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which divided West and East Berlin. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
