Cold War 3 Flashcards
(22 cards)
When did Stalin die and Krushchev take over
1953
When did the Space race begin
1955
When did the Russians first successfully put a satellite in orbit
4 October 1957
When did the Russians first successfully put a man in orbit
April 12 1961
Yuri Gagarin
When was Apollo II launched
July 16 1969
When did the Russian army pull out of Budapest
28 October 1956
When did 1000 Russian tanks enter Budapest
4 November 1956
How many Hungarians were killed during the Hungarian uprising
4000
How many Hungarians fled to Austria
200,000
When was the U2 plane shot down over Russia and Gary powers captured
1 May 1960
In 1961, how many people fled to West Berlin a day
2000
When did the construction of the Berlin Wall begin
13 August 1961
When did Americans put Missiles in Turkey
April 1962
When did Fidel Castro take power in Cuba
1959
When was the invasion of the bay of pigs
April 1961
How many Cuban exiles were sent to the bay of pigs to attack
1300
When did the Americans discover the missile sites in Cuba
14 October 1962
When was Krushchev forced to resign because he was seen as weak
1964
When did Alexander Dubcek take over as leader of the Communist Party in Czechosolvakia
5 January 1968
For how many months was Czechosolvakia free
4
When did 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechosolvakia
20 August 1968
What does SALT stand for
Strategic
Arms
Limitations
Talks
