1946 Churchill s speech coins term Iron Curtain 1947 Policy

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1946 Churchill s speech coins term Iron Curtain 1947 Policy of containment including Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 1950 McCarthy hearings Korean War begins 1953 Korean War ends nuclear arms race begins with tests 1957 Sputnik launched 1958 Explorer I launched NASA begins Mercury project 1959 Fidel Castro takes over Cuba 1960 JFK elected spy plane shot down over Soviet Union 1961 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam involvement increases Based on your own knowledge what is a significant event from 1961 that would best fit into this timeline O Berlin Blockade and Airlift O Bay of Pigs Invasion O Warsaw Pact President Kennedy assassinated 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41