Tag: Cold War

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25th May 1961: US President John F. Kennedy announces his plans for a manned moon landing before the end of the decade

• 25th May 2023
• Tagged as: America, Cold War, Kennedy, Moon, NASA, Space, Space Race, United States, USA, USSR

Kennedy’s $24 billion of investment did work, and Apollo 11 achieved Kennedy’s goal by landing on the moon on 20 July 1969.

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

• 14th May 2023
• Tagged as: Cold War, Comecon, Communism, NATO, Poland, Socialist, USSR, Warsaw, Warsaw Pact, West Germany

The USSR and seven other European countries signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance better known as the Warsaw Pact.

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12th May 1949: The Soviet Union ends its blockade of West Berlin

• 12th May 2023
• Tagged as: Airlift, America, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Blockade, Cold War, East Germany, Germany, Soviet Union, United States, USA, USSR, West Berlin, West Germany

Instigated on 24 June the previous year, the Soviet blockade prevented all rail, road, and water transport between Berlin and the West of the Germany.

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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

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.