The Cold War Presidents (1945 -
1991)
Nine US
Presidents were in office during the uncertain time
in history which started
in 1945 and ended in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union. The US
Presidents during the Cold War were
Harry Truman,
Dwight D
Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, Richard
Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and
George H Bush.
Cold War Timeline:
Summaries of Events
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of the following links that provide definitions and summaries of the
major events and important dates of this era.
Cold War Timeline for Kids
The main events of the Cold War can be seen in the
short, History Timeline for kids. Click the links for comprehensive
articles on each of the important incidents such as the Cuban
Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Berlin Blockade and
Airlift, the Korean War, the U2 incident and the Vietnam War.
Cold War
Timeline: Main Dates and Events (1945 - 1991)
Cold War
Timeline: 1945 -
The WW2
Manhattan Project leads to US development of the
Atomic Bomb
Cold War
Timeline: 1945 -
The
Potsdam
Conference builds a high level of distrust between the
USSR and the USA
Cold War
Timeline: 1945 -
United Nations was established to
avoid another war but its peace mission was jeopardized by the Cold War.
Cold War
Timeline: 1945 -
The Eastern Bloc (The
Iron Curtain) established dividing the East from the West
Cold War
Timeline: 1946 -
The
Long Telegram
from George Kennan advises the US Government to adopt policy of
Containment
Cold War
Timeline: 1946 -
The policy of Containment
leads to the
Domino Theory
Cold War
Timeline: 1946 -
Operation Crossroads
- nuclear weapon tests conducted by the US at
Bikini
Atoll
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
The speech to
congress known as the
Truman Doctrine
pledges to resist communism
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
The
Marshall Plan
authorized the US government to supply military aid
against communism
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
The
Roswell UFO Incident and the
secret experiments on aircraft and weapons in
Area 51
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
National Security Act
creates the U.S. Air Force (USAF), NSA and the CIA.
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
Loyalty Review
Program screened federal government employees during
second Red Scare
Cold War
Timeline: 1947 -
HUAC House of Un-American Activities Committee.
Cold War
Timeline: 1948 -
West Germany is
founded and Stalin mounts the
Berlin blockade in East
Germany
Cold War
Timeline: 1948 -
The
Berlin Airlift
(1948 - 1949) - US supplies west Berlin by air
Cold War
Timeline: 1949 -
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was
formed
Cold War
Timeline: 1949 -
USSR tests its first
atomic bomb and the
Cold War Arms Race begins
Cold War
Timeline: 1949 -
Mao Zedong and the Chinese
Communists sign a Treaty with the USSR - Cold War
spreads to East Asia
Cold War
Timeline: 1950 -
The
Korean War (1950
- 1953) between the Soviet-backed communist North Korea
and China against
the
US and UN backed South Korea.
Cold War
Timeline: 1950 -
McCarthyism (1950 -
1954) brings in the era of anti-communist hysteria
Cold War
Timeline: 1951 -
CONELRAD
established in the US to issue radio warnings of Nuclear
Attack Alerts
Cold War
Timeline: 1954 -
The
First
Taiwan Strait Crisis - brinkmanship forces the
Chinese Communists to back down.
Cold War
Timeline: 1954 -
Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization (SEATO) was
formed as the Southeast Asian version of NATO
Cold War
Timeline: 1955 -
The Soviet Union
created the alliance known as the
Warsaw Pact
Cold War
Timeline: 1955 -
The
Vietnam
War (1955
- 1975) between communist North Vietnam (supported by
USSR) against the non-communist South Vietnam (supported
by US)
Cold War
Timeline: 1956 -
The "Secret Speech"
in which Khrushchev denounces the tyranny of Stalin
Cold War
Timeline: 1956 -
The
Hungarian
Revolution which ended when Russian tanks moved into
Budapest.
Cold War
Timeline: 1956 -
The
Suez
Crisis (1956) and the Soviets gain a foothold in the
Middle East
Continued...
Cold War
Timeline: Main Dates and Events (1945 - 1991)
Cold War Timeline for kids:
Dates and Events
Our interesting
History Time line continues with more facts for kids that are
detailed below. The history is told in a
factual timeline sequence consisting of a series of short facts
providing a simple method of relating the
history and the important events
and people who feature in the History Timeline.
Cold War
Timeline: Main Dates and Events (1945 - 1991)
History
Timeline: 1957 -
The
Eisenhower Doctrine
pledged economic and military aid to
the Middle East and Asia
History
Timeline: 1957 -
USSR
launch Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite
History Timeline:
1957 -
The
Cold War Space
Race starts (1957 - 1975)
History Timeline:
1958 -
NASA
is established
History Timeline:
1960 -
USA
Corona Spy Satellite - successful recovery of
photographs from space
History Timeline:
1960 -
The
U-2 Incident - US
U2 spy plane shot down over Russia and pilot, Gary
Powers captured
History Timeline:
1961 -
The Berlin Wall
erected dividing East and West Berlin
History Timeline:
1961 -
Checkpoint Charlie
Incident a standoff between U.S. and Soviet tanks at the
Berlin Wall
History Timeline:
1961 -
The
Bay of Pigs Invasion - CIA-backed botched invasion of Cuba
History Timeline:
1961 -
The
Cuban Missile Crisis bringing the world to the brink of nuclear
annihilation
History Time line:
1962 -
USSR
launches Zenit Spy Satellite, takes photographs above
the USA
History Time line:
1964 -
The
Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution gave LBJ a free hand to escalate the
Vietnam War.
History Time line:
1968 -
The Prague Spring,
Czechoslovakia ended with a Soviet invasion
History Time line:
1968 -
USA
launched the Apollo 8 Manned Moon Orbit
History Time line:
1969 -
USA
places First Man on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in Apollo 11 lunar module
History Time line:
1972 -
The
SALT Agreements -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (1972 - 1979) between
USA and the USSR
History Time line:
1973 -
The Paris Peace
Accords was signed on January 27, 1973 including a
ceasefire agreement heralds the
End of the Vietnam War.
History Time line:
1975 -
USA /
USSR First multi-national manned missions ending the
Cold War Space Race
History Time line:
1979 -
Soviet Invasion of
Afghanistan (1979 - 1989)
History Time line:
1983 -
Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI) - Star Wars
History Time line:
1989 -
The
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
History Time line:
1991 -
Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War
Cold War
Timeline: Main Dates and Events (1945 - 1991)
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