June 25, 1950

Date

Korean War begins. Because North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel to unite with South Korea

September 15, 1950

Date

Invasion of Inchon. Douglas MacAurthur's amphibious attack. 

October 15, 1950

Date

China enters the Korean War. Because they felt threatened by the UN troops that were near the Yalu river

July 1953

Date

Cease-fire agreement between North Korean and UN

April 1961

Date

Bay of Pigs

U.S. sent CSI trained Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government. The U.S. failed

July 1962

Date

The soviet Union had 42 missiles in Cuba

October 15, 1962

Date

Cuban Missile Crisis started when a U2 took pictures of the missiles in Cuba

This event almost started WW3

October 1962

Date

President Kennedy sends a blockade to Cuba

1954

Date

France surrendered and Vietnam divided(Geneva Agreement)

Vietnam was divided at the 17th Parallel at 17 degree north latitude

November 1963

Date

JFK assassinated, Johnson became president, and the South Vietnamese killed Diem

July 1964

Date

The Gulf of Tonkin

Two American ships were attacked by North Vietnamese gunboats. In response Johnson was given permission to attack back

March 1965

Date

The firstr ground troops land in Vietnam

January 1973

Date

Last American troops leave Vietnam

And the North won

1975

Date

North Vietnam took over South Vietnam

1979

Date

Soviets invaded Afghanistan Mujaheddin

SALT II Between Carter and Brezhnev

SALT II - Agreed to provide for equal number of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles

Revolutionaries seized U.S. embassy in Tehran. 60 prisoners and were held for 444 days

1962

Date

SALT I Between Nixon and Brezhnev

SALT I - Limited the number of ICBM's and submarine launched missiles each country could have

1980

&

1988

Date

1980 -

War between Iran and Iraq

The U.S. aided both Iran and Iraq

The USSR aided . . .

1988 -

Cease - Fire agreement signed

1953

Date

Stalin dies

Nikita krushchev Becomes leader USSR

November 10, 1982

Date

Brezhnev died (USSR)

1985

Date

Mikhail Gorbochev took power

started the Russian Revolution