The Cold War timeline.

Feb 4, 1945

The Yalta Conference

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Jul 17, 1945

The Postdam Conference

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima

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Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine

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Jun 5, 1947

Marshall Plan

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Sep 5, 1947

Cominform

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Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

Berlin Blockade and airlift

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Jun 28, 1948

Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR

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Jan 1, 1949

Comecon

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Apr 4, 1949

NATO - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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Aug 29, 1949

USSR develops atom bomb

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Apr 14, 1950

NSC-68

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Jun 25, 1950

North Korea attacks South Korea

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Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War

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Sep 15, 1950

Inchon Landing

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Nov 25, 1950

Chinese Offensive

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Nov 1, 1952

USA develops H-bomb

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Mar 5, 1953

Death of Stalin

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Jul 27, 1953

Korean Ceasefire

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Aug 12, 1953

USSR develops H-bomb

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Sep 8, 1954

SEATO

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May 6, 1955

West Germany joins NATO

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May 15, 1955

Warsaw Pact

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Jul 18, 1955

Geneva Summit

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Nov 4, 1956

Hungarian Revolution

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Jun 11, 1957

Atlas-A

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Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik 1

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Jan 1, 1959

Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba

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May 1, 1960

U-2 crisis

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May 16, 1960

Paris Summit

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Jan 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin - 1st man in space

Vostok 1
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Jan 20, 1961

JFK becomes president

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Apr 17, 1961

Bay of Pigs

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May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard - 1st American in Space

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Jun 4, 1961

Vienna Summit

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Aug 13, 1961

Construction of Berln Wall begins

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Jul 10, 1962

NASA Telstar

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Oct 4, 1962

Operation Mongoose

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Oct 4, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

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Jun 26, 1963

JFK visists Berlin

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Aug 5, 1963

Test Ban Treaty

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Period: Jan 5, 1968 to Aug 21, 1968

Prague Spring

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Jul 1, 1968

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Arms Control Association
IAEA
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Aug 20, 1968

Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

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Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong - 1st Man on the Moon

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Jul 26, 1969

Nixon Doctrine

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Oct 25, 1971

China joins UN

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Feb 21, 1972

Nixon visits Moscow & China

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May 26, 1972

SALT I

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Dec 21, 1972

Basic Treaty

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Aug 1, 1975

Helsinki Agreement

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OSCE
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Jan 6, 1977

Charter 77 (Czechoslovakia)

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Jan 16, 1979

Iranian Revolution

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Jun 18, 1979

SALT II fails

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Dec 24, 1979

Soviet Invasion of Afganistan

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Period: Dec 24, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989

Soviet War in Afganistan

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Jan 20, 1980

USA boycotts Moscow Olympics

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Aug 31, 1980

Polish Solidarity

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Mar 23, 1983

Strategic Defence Initiative

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Mar 15, 1985

Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader

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Glasnost and Perestroika
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Apr 26, 1986

Chernobyl

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Dec 8, 1987

Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

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Feb 5, 1989

End of Cold War

Gorbachev and Reagan announce end of Cold War
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Mar 5, 1989

No suppression in Eastern Europe

Gorbachec states that there will be no suppression of protests in Eastern Europe.
Aug 5, 1991

Attempted coup against Gorbachev
Dec 5, 1991

USSR dissolved

The Yalta Conference

The Postdam Conference

Bombing of Hiroshima

Truman Doctrine

Marshall Plan

Cominform

Berlin Blockade and airlift

Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR

Comecon

NATO - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

USSR develops atom bomb

NSC-68

North Korea attacks South Korea

Korean War

Inchon Landing

Chinese Offensive

USA develops H-bomb

Death of Stalin

Korean Ceasefire

USSR develops H-bomb

SEATO

West Germany joins NATO

Warsaw Pact

Geneva Summit

Hungarian Revolution

Atlas-A

Sputnik 1

Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba

U-2 crisis

Paris Summit

Yuri Gagarin - 1st man in space

JFK becomes president

Bay of Pigs

Alan Shepard - 1st American in Space

Vienna Summit

Construction of Berln Wall begins

NASA Telstar

Operation Mongoose

Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK visists Berlin

Test Ban Treaty

Prague Spring

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Neil Armstrong - 1st Man on the Moon

Nixon Doctrine

China joins UN

Nixon visits Moscow & China

SALT I

Basic Treaty

Helsinki Agreement

Charter 77 (Czechoslovakia)

Iranian Revolution

SALT II fails

Soviet Invasion of Afganistan

Soviet War in Afganistan

USA boycotts Moscow Olympics

Polish Solidarity

Strategic Defence Initiative

Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader

Chernobyl

Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

End of Cold War

No suppression in Eastern Europe

Attempted coup against Gorbachev

USSR dissolved