answersLogoWhite

0

  • United Nations Founded 1945
  • The begining of the cold war in 1947
  • NATO formed 1949
  • The Chinese Civil War ends in 1950
  • The Korean War 1950-1953
  • Warsaw Pact formed 1955
  • The launching of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satelite, in 1957
  • The Vietnam War begins 1959
  • Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space 1961
  • The Berlin Wall begins constuction, 1961
  • Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated(50 MT), tested by the Soviet Union, 1961
  • Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965
  • Apollo 11, first manned mission to the moon, 1969
  • The 70s counterculture.
  • Vietnam War ends 1975
  • Soviet Russia invades Afghanistan 1979-1989
  • Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
  • Tiananmen Square protests, 1989
  • Berlin wall breached, Germany reunited, 1989
  • Cold War ends, 1991, leaving the United States as the only major world power.
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?