Berlin Wall - August 1961
U2 pilot Gary Powers is traded by the USSR for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, who had been captured by the U.S. - 1962
Nuclear test ban treaty is signed by the U.S., Great Britain, and USSR - 1963
Can’t seem to find a good reliable date for
when the US put nuke missiles in Turkey.
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U2 piloted by Gary Powers shot down over USSR - May 1960
US embargo against Cuba - October 1960
Bay of Pigs invasion - April 1961
Berlin Wall - August 1961
Cuban missile crisis - October 1962
Assassination of JFK - November 1963
Looks like it was October 1959