Cold War dates - 1953-1990

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1949
Mao announced People's Republic of China
1 of 68
February 1950
The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance was signed
2 of 68
June 1950
Korean War began
3 of 68
November 1952
US hydrogen bomb successfully tested
4 of 68
5 March 1953
Stalin's death
5 of 68
1953
Malenkov's 'New Course' outlined.
6 of 68
June 1953
Berlin Uprising - 400,000 workers on streets.
7 of 68
July 1953
End of the Korean War
8 of 68
1954
USA announced massive retaliation + the Domino Theory.
9 of 68
1954-55
First Taiwan Crisis
10 of 68
1955
The Austrian State Treaty
11 of 68
1956
Soviet withdrawal from Finland
12 of 68
July 1955 (Summit)
Geneva Summit
13 of 68
1956 (Hint: speech)
Khrushchev's Secret Speech, Twentieth Party Congress 1956
14 of 68
1956 (Hint: uprising)
Hungarian Uprising
15 of 68
1957
Eisenhower Doctrine
16 of 68
May 1957
Soviet Union successfully tested first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
17 of 68
1957 (arms race)
USSR - Sputnik and Sputnik II
18 of 68
1958
The Great Leap Forward announced
19 of 68
1958 (Visit)
Khrushchev's first visit to China (swimming pool)
20 of 68
September 1958
Second Taiwan Crisis
21 of 68
1958-9
Berlin Crisis - USA, Britain and France rejecting Khrushchev's demands for a 'free city'.
22 of 68
January 1959 (revolution - arms race)
The Cuban Revolution
23 of 68
September 1959 (Summit)
Camp David Summit
24 of 68
1959 (visit)
Khrushchev's second visit to China
25 of 68
1960 (us-sino)
Chinese beat Russian's to the top of Mount Everest
26 of 68
May 1960 (Summit)
Paris Summit + U2 incident
27 of 68
July 1960 (arms race)
USA deployed Polaris, the world's first submarine-launched ballistic missile.
28 of 68
July 1960 (arms race- Cuba)
USA imposed economic blockade on Cuba, refusing to buy its sugar.
29 of 68
April 1961 (arms race)
Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
30 of 68
April 1961 (arms race - Cuba)
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
31 of 68
June 1961 (summit)
Vienna Summit
32 of 68
August 1961
Berlin Wall
33 of 68
October 1961
US diplomat Clay not allowed into East Berlin - sparked forces.
34 of 68
October 1961 (arms race - Cuba)
Operation Mongoose
35 of 68
October 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis
36 of 68
June 1963
The 'hot-line' agreement
37 of 68
August 1963
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
38 of 68
1964
Khrushchev removed from power and replaced by Brezhnev
39 of 68
1965
Mao launched Cultural Revolution
40 of 68
1968
Brezhnev Doctrine announced
41 of 68
1969
The Ussuri River Dispute
42 of 68
April, 1971
Mao invites US ping-pong team to play international match
43 of 68
1972 (visit)
Nixon's visit to China + Shanghai Communique published
44 of 68
1972 (summit)
Moscow Summit, SALT I and Basic Principles Agreement
45 of 68
1975
The Helsinki Accords
46 of 68
October 1973
OPEC - oil embargo
47 of 68
1974
Jackson-Vanik amendment
48 of 68
1976
Presidential election in US + Party Congress in USSR
49 of 68
1979 (treaty)
SALT II signed
50 of 68
1979
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
51 of 68
1979 (visit)
Pope John Paul's visit to Poland
52 of 68
1980
Poland protests
53 of 68
January 1981
Lech Walesa blessed by John Paul II
54 of 68
1984
Announcement of 'Star Wars'
55 of 68
March 1985
Gorbachev came to power + 'New Political Thinking'
56 of 68
November 1985 (summit)
Geneva Summit
57 of 68
October 1986 (summit)
Reykjavik Summit
58 of 68
December 1987 (summit + treaty)
Washington Summit + INF Treaty
59 of 68
May 1988 (summit)
Moscow Summit
60 of 68
1988-9
Ending of Brezhnev Doctrine
61 of 68
1988 (speech)
Gorbachev's UN speech
62 of 68
January 1989
Hungary's collapse
63 of 68
September 1989
Poland's collapse
64 of 68
November 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall + Czechoslovakia's collapse
65 of 68
December 1989
Romania's collapse
66 of 68
December 1991
Gorbachev resigned + USSR collapsed
67 of 68
1991 (treaty)
START agreement
68 of 68

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The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance was signed

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February 1950

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Korean War began

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US hydrogen bomb successfully tested

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Stalin's death

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Such great flashcards for trying to remember dates and quick fire revision!!! Love them!!!! :-) :-)

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