Events
Iron Curtain SpeechMarshall Plan AnnouncedNATO FormedWarsaw Pact FormedSoviet Union develops Hydrogen BombKorean War beginsRosenberg ExecutionsSputnik LaunchedFidel Castro takes over CubaUS Spy plane shot down over USSRHarry S Truman ElectedDwight D Eisenhower ElectedJohn F Kennedy ElectedLyndon Baines Johnson ElectedRichard M Nixon ElectedGerald Ford becomes PresidentJimmy E Carter ElectedRonald W Reagan ElectedGeorge H.W. Bush ElectedUSSR Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is first man to orbit the EarthConstruction Begins on the Berlin WallNuclear Test Ban Treaty RatifiedGulf of Tonkin IncidentU.S. lands on the moonU.S. Troops sent to VietnamU.S. Troops leave VietnamSaigon falls to the NorthKitchen DebatesSALT II Nuclear Treaty SignedStrategic Defense Initiative revealed by Reagan (Star Wars)Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSRBerlin Wall FallsUSSR Dissolved –Cold War EndsPeriods
Yalta ConferencePotsdam ConferenceBerlin AirliftCommunist Revolution in ChinaUS Develops Hydrogen BombBay of PigsCuban Missile Crisis
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