Cold War Timeline

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Works Cited:
Sherman, Joseph. The Cold War. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2003.

1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28th. This leads to the outbreak of the first World War. It is also a direct cause of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the appearance of Russia as the first communist state.
1917: The Bolshevik Revolution continues with immense chaos and violence in Russia. The Russian communist party gains control and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed along with the Red Army. Lenin tries to negotiate peace with Western nations.
1922-1928: Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War and the Soviet Unions comes into existence. Vladmir Lenin dies from a stroke attack and Joseph Stalin takes his place.
1939: Outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939.
1945: Discussions on the post-war conditions and intentions of America and Soviet Union take place at the Yalta Conference. US president Harry Truman announces America’s possession of nuclear arms. On August 6th, Harry Truman gives allowance for the bombing the Japanese city of Hiroshima with an atomic bomb.
1946: Civil wars are occurring around the world. China continues in the Chinese Civil War between Nationalists and Communists. Greek Civil War also rekindles between the communists and conservatives in Greece. Meanwhile, US prepares its troops around the world.
1949: In resistance to the communist expansion, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, Portugal, UK and USA.
1951: War over Seoul. Chinese soldiers capture Seoul on January 4th, but UN forces regain control on March 14th later in the same year.
1953: Eisenhower becomes new president of USA in January. Stalin dies in March and Khrushchev becomes the successive ruler of the Soviet Communist Party.
1955: The Baghdad Pact is founded by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and UK in order to resist communist expansion in the Middle East.
1961: John F. Kennedy becomes next president of USA. Soviets build the Berlin Wall to segregate East Germany and West Germany. Soviets successfully test the Tsar Bomb.
1963: Kennedy is assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson becomes next US president.
1964: USA and Soviet leaders plan to cut back on nuclear arms. China tests its first atomic bomb later in October.
1969: Richard M. Nixon becomes president of USA. US troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
1972: Nixon becomes first American president to visit China.
1981: Ronald Reagan becomes the next American president.
1985: Mikhael Gorbachev becomes ruling Soviet leader. On August 6th leaders around the world condole the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima.
1992: American president George H. W. Bush and president Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federal officially announce the end of the Cold War.