1945 - End of World War II
1945 - Germany Splits
1949 - Communists Control China
1949 - Soviets Test Nuclear Technology
1954 - Communists Invade Vietnam
1955 - Austrian State Treaty
1957 - Sputnik Satellite Launched
1959 - Castro Controls Cuba
1960 - Soviet/American Summit in Paris
1960 - Gary Powers is Captured During Summit
1960 - John F. Kennedy is Elected President
1961 - Berlin Wall is Erected
1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 - Hotline Agreement
1963 - Detente
1963 - Kennedy is Assassinated
1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President
1969 - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
1972 - Nixon Goes to China
1988 - Gorbachev Becomes Premier of Soviet Union
1989 - Berlin Wall Collapses
1991 - Communism in Russia Dies
Dates derived from John A. Garraty and Dr. John Pimlott.
