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Cold War Dates
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- 1Yalta conferenceFebruary 1945
- 2Potsdam conferenceJuly-August 1945
- 3Hiroshima bombed6th August 1945
- 4Kennan's long telegramFebruary 1945
- 5Iron curtain speechMarch 1946
- 6Baruch Plan failed1947
- 7Truman Doctrine launchedMarch 1947
- 8Marshall PlanJune 1947-1952
- 9Cominform establishedSeptember 1947
- 10Communist Coup in CzechoslovakiaFebruary 1948
- 11Berlin BlockadeJune 1948-May 1949
- 12NATO establishedApril 1949
- 13Communists takeover ChinaSeptember 1949
- 14NSC-681950
- 15Sino-Soviet alliance/ Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance signedFebruary 1950
- 16Korean War1950-53
- 17USA test hydrogen bombNovember 1952
- 18Death of StalinMarch 1953
- 19Eisenhower becomes president and introduces New Look policyJanuary 1953
- 20Berlin RisingJune 1953
- 21Dulles announced massive retaliationJanuary 1954
- 22SEATO formed1954
- 23Geneva ConferenceApril-July 1954
- 24Taiwan Straits CrisisSeptember 1954
- 25Khrushchev's first visit to BeijingOctober 1954
- 26USAs first intercontinental bombers1955
- 27Warsaw Pact establishedMay 1955
- 28Geneva SummitJuly 1955
- 29Austrian State Treaty1955
- 30Peaceful Coexistence1956
- 31Suez Canal Crisis1956
- 32USSR first TU20 Bear Intercontinental bomber1956
- 33Soviets withdraw from Finland1956
- 34Khrushchev's secret speechFebruary 1956
- 35Demonstrations in Poland, Khrushchev agreed to economic reformsFebruary 1956
- 36Tanks sent to Hungary to supress demonstrationJune 1956
- 37Hungarian UprisingOctober 1956
- 38Eisenhower Doctrine1957
- 39Eisenhower warned of missile gapNovember 1957
- 40Sputnik1957
- 412nd Berlin CrisisNovember 1958
- 422nd Taiwan Straits CrisisAugust 1958
- 43CENTO Pact1958-1979
- 44Khrushchev criticised Great Leap Forward1958
- 45Cuban Revolution1959
- 46Camp David Summit and Khrushchev's US visitSeptember 1959
- 47Sino-Soviet Agreement on atomic cooperation cancelledJune 1959
- 48Paris Summit, U2 plane incidentMay 1960
- 49Berlin Wall/ 3rd Berlin Crisis1961
- 504th Berlin Crisis1961
- 51US terminates trade with Cuba1961
- 52Kennedy becomes US PresidentJanuary 1961
- 53Yuri Gagarin 1st man in spaceApril 1961
- 54Bay of PigsApril 1961
- 55Vienna SummitJune 1961
- 56Cuban Missile CrisisOctober 1962
- 57Hot line link establishedJune 1963
- 58Nuclear Test ban treatyJune 1963
- 59China 1st Nuclear Bomb TestOctober 1964
- 60First US combat forces in Vietnam1965
- 61Prague Spring1968
- 62Soviet Invasion of CzechoslovakiaAugust 1968
- 63Brezhnev DoctrineSeptember 1968
- 64Ussuri river disputes1969
- 65European Ostopolitik, Berlin Agreement1970-71
- 66Ping Pong DiplomacyApril 1971
- 67SALT 1: Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty and Interim Agreement on Offensive Missiles signed1972
- 68Basic Principles Agreement signed1972
- 69Nixon went to a Summit in China, communique issuedFebruary 1972
- 70Vladivostok Framework agreed upon1974
- 71President Ford visited China1975
- 72Helsinki Accords1975
- 73Jackson-Vanik AmendmentJanuary 1975
- 74Apollo-Soyuz link upJuly 1975
- 75Official US recognition of PRC, withdrew support from Taiwan1978
- 76Soviet invasion of AfghanistanDecember 1979
- 77SALT II signed1979
- 78Strike by Solidarity1980
- 79Martial Law in PolandDecember 1980
- 80SDI/ Star Wars Initiative announced1983
- 81Gorbachev made it clear he wouldn't enforce the Brezhnev Doctrine1985
- 82Geneva SummitNovember 1985
- 83Chernobyl Disaster in UkraineApril 1986
- 84Reykjavik SummitSeptember 1986
- 85Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces TreatyDecember 1987
- 86Hungary becomes independentSeptember 1989
- 87Fall of the Berlin WallNovember 1989
- 88Solidarity beat Communist Party in general elections1989
- 89Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia1989
- 90Ceausescu and his wife were executed25th December 1989
- 91Reunification of GermanyOctober 1990
- 92Official recognition of end of Soviet Union25th December 1991
- 93Bankruptcy of USSR declared25th December 1991
- 94Red army decreased from 5.8-3.7 million menMid 50s
- 95US military spending 12% of GNPMid 50s
- 96CIA backed coup against left-wing Guatemalan president1954
- 97Eisenhower's Domino Theory1954
- 98PRC established1949
- 996 fold increase in Sino-Soviet trade1950-56
- 10060% of Chinese trade was with USSR1956
- 1012 more agreements between China and USSR promising more trade, Lushan naval base and further aid including a bigger loan1954 and 1955
- 102Khrushchev proposed joint control of China's nuclear weapons1958
- 103Khrushchev proposed a Pacific atom free zoneJanuary 1959
- 104Khrushchev's first visit to China, swimming pool photo op1958
- 105Khrushchev's second visit to China: no guard of honor or microphone, public insults1959
- 106Khrushchev withdrew economic advisers from China1960
- 107Mao publicised Khrushchev backing down in the Cuban missile crisis1963
- 108China had its first nuclear test1964
- 109No trade or diplomatic links except to get arms to VietnamMarch 1966
- 110Ma called Soviet system "a product of revisionist traitors"1960
- 111Khrushchev announced a new doctrine saying the class struggle was over1961
- 112Sin-Indian border conflict, USSR sent India $800 million in aid1962
- 113Sino-Indonesian border conflict: Soviet military aid sent to Indonesia1959-62
- 114Red Guards crossed Soviet border, Brezhnev posted 15 divisions of the Russian army there1968
- 115Red Guards occupied island of Damanskii (disputed territory) small-scale fighting broke out, resolution reached when senior ministers from each side agreed to respect borders1969
- 116Both China and USSR sent military assistance to third world countries1960s
- 117China encouraged Romania and Albania (in soviet sphere of influence) to be more independent1960s
- 118China was number one enemy in US1949-late 60s
- 119US was on the verge of a red scare1949
- 120No trade, diplomatic links or sporting competition between China and US50s and 60s
- 121Kennedy discussed taking advantage of Sino-Soviet split, ruled out due to Vietnam warEarly 60s
- 122China had only 3 real allies: France, Pakistan and Albania1969
- 123Nixon relaxed trade and travel restrictions with China and initiated a secret dialogue with Mao through Pakistan1969
- 124China invites US ping pong team to play an international match in China1971
- 125US backed PRC's entry into UN1971
- 126Kissinger visited China to secretly arrange for a presidential visit the next year1971
- 127Dulles refused to shake hands with Zhou Enlai1954
- 128Trade between China and US increased from $5 million per year to $500 million per year1969-1975
- 129Us officially recognised PRC1979
- 130Taiwan expelled from UN security council with US backing1971
- 131Kissenger visited China but couldn't reach agreements on Taiwan1975
- 132USSR began to close the missile gap1963-9
- 133Point of MAD reached1969
- 134Vietnam war cost $30 million this year1969
- 135The post-war boom was coming to an end1970
- 136Inflation in the US reached 6%1970
- 137Unemployment in the US rose to more than 5%Early 70s
- 138End of Bretton Woods currency system, making international trade less stableEarly 70s
- 139Economy of USSR roughly a sixth the size of that of the USEarly 70s
- 140Estimated stockpiles of nuclear warheads: US-28,200 USSR-11,0001969
- 141Anti-ballistic missile treaty limited each nation to two missile shields each consisting of 100 missiles1972
- 142Interim agreement on offensive missiles limited stockpiles to: USSR-1618 missile launchers and USA- 10541972
- 143Berlin Agreement- guaranteed borders of West Germany1970-71
- 144OPEC oil crisis1973
- 145Return to oil price stability1974-78
- 146GDP of USSR 37% that of USBy 1980
- 147USSR increased imports from West by 96%1974-75
- 148US defense spending went from $404 billion to $284 billion1970-76
- 149Economic growth in USSR continued to decline despite detente1970-76
- 150Brezhnev's 1976 Party Congress speech spoke favorably of Detente1976
- 151Carter rejected Vladivostok framework; replacing the negotiating team and demanding lower ceilings1977
- 152Carter jeopardised SALT II talks by announcing a new nuclear project1978
- 153Grain embargo against USSR1980
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