The Cold War/Early Years

Division of Germany

Jul 17, 1945

Cold War

Jan 1, 1947

Marshall Plan

Apr 1, 1948

Berlin Airlift

Jan 1, 1949

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

Communist Takeover of China

Oct 1, 1949

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Jun 19, 1953

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

U2 Incident

May 1, 1960

JFK

Jan 20, 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1961

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

Eisenhower

Mar 28, 1969

Died

Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989