Timeline of the Cold War Era:
1945 Aug. U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
1948 June Berlin Airlift begins
1949 Oct. Communists win Chinese Civil War.
1957 Oct. Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.
1961 Apr. Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Aug. East Germany builds Berlin Wall.
1962 Oct. Cuban Missile Crisis.
1964 Oct. China explodes its first atomic bomb.
1965 April U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
Aug. U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
1975 Apr. South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.
1983 Dec. U.S. invades Grenada.
1945 Aug. U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
1948 June Berlin Airlift begins
1949 Oct. Communists win Chinese Civil War.
1957 Oct. Soviets launch first man‑made satellite.
1961 Apr. Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Aug. East Germany builds Berlin Wall.
1962 Oct. Cuban Missile Crisis.
1964 Oct. China explodes its first atomic bomb.
1965 April U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic.
Aug. U.S. commits combat troops to South Vietnam.
1975 Apr. South Vietnam falls to Communist forces.
1983 Dec. U.S. invades Grenada.