Timeline of Events during Cold War By bigbuffetboy554 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