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5th February 1958: Nuclear bomb lost off Tybee Island in Georgia, USA after an in-air collision

  • 5th February 2023
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Nuclear, USA

An American Mark 15 thermonuclear bomb was lost off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia following an in-air collision.

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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

  • 3rd February 2023
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Nuclear, USA, USSR

Operation Looking Glass began flying an Airborne Command Post above the United States 24 hours a day.

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3rd January 1961: United States of America severs its diplomatic relationship with Cuba and closes its embassy in Havana

  • 3rd January 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Castro, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, Embargo, Havana, Sugar, Trade, Trade Embargo, United States, USA, USSR

Fidel Castro’s nationalisation of American-owned businesses and private property led the Eisenhower administration to cut all diplomatic ties with Cuba.

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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan

  • 2nd January 2023
  • Tagged as: Afghanistan, Brezhnev, Carter, Cold War, Detente, Soviet-Afghanistan War, USA, USSR

In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.

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26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet

  • 26th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Gorbachev, Iron Curtain, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR
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As it became obvious that the USSR was falling apart, on 25 December Gorbachev resigned as President and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved the next day.

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24th December 1955: Colorado Springs Continental Air Defense Command first gives children the location Santa as he delivers presents

  • 24th December 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Christmas, Cold War, Colorado Springs, CONAD, NORAD, Santa Claus, United States, USA

CONAD was replaced by NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) in 1958, and NORAD Tracks Santa has reported Santa’s location ever since.

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6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

  • 6th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Australia, Cold War, Communism, Hungary, Melbourne, Olympic Games, Olympics, Russia, Sport, USSR, Water Polo

The match was a semi-final at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympic Games and became famous as a result of the violence that ran throughout the game.

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30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR

  • 30th October 2022
  • Tagged as: Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Explosion, Khrushchev, Nuclear, Tsar Bomba, USSR

The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive weapon ever created, was detonated by the USSR.

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14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

  • 14th October 2022
  • Tagged as: Castro, Cold War, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, Khrushchev, Missile, Nuclear, Spying, U-2, USA

A U-2 spy plane captured images of the construction of a missile site on Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria

  • 19th August 2022
  • Tagged as: Austria, Capitalism, Cold War, Communism, Hungary, Pan-European Picnic

The Cold War border between Austria and Hungary was opened for a short period of time for the Pan-European picnic.

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