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| Participation on the Treaty of Versailles, attempt to found League of Nations, Congress votes against entry |
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| Washington Naval Conference, US Congress ratifies Treaty of Versailles |
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| Geneva Protocol, London Conference |
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| Churchill's famous Fulton speech (The Iron Curtain); George Kennan's 'Long Telegram' |
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| Truman Doctrine comes into effect with the support for the anti-communist forces in Greece |
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| The creation of Israel. Berlin Airlift. |
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| The failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Berlin Crisis. |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (Spanish: Crisis de octubre), the Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис, tr. Karibskij krizis), or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. Along with being televised worldwide, it was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.[1]
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July and construction on a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer. |
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| SSSR's invasion of Afghanistan; Revolution in Iran |
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| Nixon's ascent to presidency. |
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| Nixon resigns as a result of the Watergate affair. |
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| Nixon in China. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT 1). Paris Peace talks. |
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