Timeline 1945-1992 By ebony28 Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Confrence Genesis of Cold War Mar 5, 1946 Winston Churchills's 'Iron Speech' Jun 5, 1947 Harry S. Truman's 'Truman Doctrine' Speech Apr 4, 1949 NATO Established May 12, 1949 Berlin Blockade Ends Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies Jul 27, 1953 Korean armistice signed Period: Oct 23, 1956 to Nov 4, 1956 Hungarian Uprising dfeated by the Soviet Union Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall is Built Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Period: Aug 21, 1968 to Aug 27, 1968 Soviet Union invades Czechoslovkia Feb 22, 1972 President Nixon visits China Aug 15, 1973 Vietnam War Ends Dec 25, 1978 Vietnam Invades Cambodia Dec 24, 1979 Soviet Union invade Afghanistan Nov 10, 1982 Brezhzev dies Sep 1, 1983 Korean Airlines 007 shot down Feb 9, 1984 Andropov dies Nov 1, 1985 Superpower summit between Reagen and Gorbachev, Geneva Oct 2, 1986 Superpower Summit between Regean and Gorbachev, Reykjavik Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Falls Dec 26, 1991 Soviet Union dissolved Jan 8, 1992 George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap Jan 13, 1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane Jan 13, 1992 Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. Feb 15, 1992 Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys May 20, 1992 Jack Gleeson is born