Prague coup, February 1948
Yugoslavia splits from the Soviet camp, June 1948
Berlin Blockade, July 1948-May 1949
Communist victory in China, February 1949
Creation of NATO, April 1949
Soviet atomic bomb test, September 1949
Schuman Declaration on a united Europe, May 1950
Start of Korean War, June 1950
Signing of ANZUS (Australia-N.Z.-U.S.) Treaty, September 1951
Creation of SEATO (SE Asian Treaty Organization), September 1954
Creation of the Warsaw Pact, May 1955
Hungarian Revolution, October 1956
Suez crisis, October 1956
Launching of Sputnik, October 1957
Cuban revolution, January 1959
Shooting down of U.S. U-2 spy plane, May 1960
Sino-Soviet split breaks into open, June 1960
CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion, April 1961
Construction of the Berlin Wall, August 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
U.S. Gulf of Tonkin resolution (Vietnam), August 1964
Chinese atomic bomb test, October 1964
6-day war between Egypt and Israel, June 1967
Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968
Soviet-Chinese border clashes, March 1969
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed, March 1970
Four Power agreement on Berlin, September 1971
Nixon visit to China, February 1972
SALT I agreement limiting strategic arms, May 1972
Chilean coup d'etat deposing Salvador Allende, September 1973
Yom Kippur war, October 1973
Iranian revolution, January 1979
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979
Creation of Solidarity trade union in Poland, August 1980
Declaration of martial law in Poland, December 1981
Shoot-down of Korean Air Flight 007 by Soviet jets, September 1983
Reykjavik Summit, October 1986
Gorbachev announces glasnost and perestroika reforms, June 1987
Tiananmen Square massacre, May 1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall, November 1989
Romanian Revolution, December 1989
Unification of Germany, October 1990
Dissolution of the USSR, December 1991
