Today in Cold War History
War Topics: American Civil War - American Indian Wars - American Revolutionary War - Boer Wars - Falklands War - Greek War of Independence - Gulf War - Korean War - Kosovo War - New Zealand Wars - Spanish Civil War - Terrorism - Vietnam War - War of the Pacific - Weapons - World War One - World War Two
Related Topics: Soviet Union - United States of America
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1946-03-28 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1948-10-24 - Bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold War"
1957-11-07 - Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
1981-11-30 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
1870-08-19 - Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)
1882-01-05 - Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
1965-06-21 - Bernard M Baruch, pres advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94
2005-03-17 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
