Timeline of Events during Cold War | Timetoast Timelines

Period: 1945 to 1990

Arms Race
Period: Feb 4, 1945 to Feb 11, 1945

Yalta Conference
Period: Jul 17, 1945 to Aug 2, 1945

Potsdam Conference
Period: 1947 to 1957

Second Red Scare
Mar 12, 1947

Truman Doctrine
Apr 3, 1948

Marshall Plan
Period: Jun 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949

Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Apr 4, 1949

Creation of NATO
Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Korean War
Period: 1955 to 1975

Space Race
May 14, 1955

Creation of Warsaw Pact
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War
Oct 4, 1957

Launch of Sputnik
1960

U-2 Spy Incident
Period: Apr 17, 1961 to Apr 19, 1961

Bay of Pigs Invasion
Aug 13, 1961

Rise of Berlin Wall
Period: Oct 16, 1962 to Oct 28, 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis
Period: Jul 16, 1969 to Jul 21, 1969

Apollo 11 Mission
May 26, 1972

SALT 1
Period: Dec 25, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989

Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
Nov 9, 1989

Fall of Berlin Wall
Dec 26, 1991

Fall of the Soviet Union