People
He was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
Nikita Khrushchev
Officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, this rifle is gas-operated, fires 7.62×39mm, and was developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov
AK-47
This was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Formed on April 4th, 1949, this is a military alliance created to counter the military might of the Soviet Union
NATO
This is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964
The Twilight Zone
This man was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963
John F. Kennedy
In 1964, this rifle entered US military service and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War.
M16
This event was the last major political crisis over the city of Berlin where both Soviet and American tanks had a brief standoff before escalations came to a resolve
The Berlin crisis
Created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO, this alliance includes many Eastern Bloc countries
Warsaw Pact
These games were boycotted by the United States and its allies to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
1980 Summer Olympics
This man was the first leader of North Korea which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994
Kim-Il-Sung
nicknamed "Dragon Lady", this is an American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force
U-2 reconnaissance plane
This revolt began as a student protest, which attracted thousands as they marched through central Budapest to the Hungarian Parliament building, calling out on the streets using a van with loudspeakers
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Primarily created to block further communist gains in Southeast Asia, this alliance is generally considered a failure because internal conflict and dispute hindered general use of its military
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
This game, created in 1972, was the first commercially successful video game depicting a two-dimensional table tennis game
Pong
This man helped the communist revolution in Cuba along side Fidel Castro and then continued to support revolutions abroad until his eventual capture and death by the CIA in 1967
Che Guevara
This missile is most known for its major accident in 1980 where a mechanic dropped a socket wrench and damaged the side, causing it to later explode.
LGM-25C Titan II
This was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal
Suez Crisis
This is an intergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace, security and developing friendly relations among nations.
United Nations
This tile-matching puzzle video game was originally designed and programmed by Soviet Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in June 6, 1984
Tetris
This president survived an assassination attempt on his life. Later in a speech, a balloon popped and he quickly said "missed me" mistaking it for a bullet fired
Ronald Reagan
This device was the most powerful nuclear weapon detonated by the United States yielding a total of 15 megatons
Castle Bravo
This coup was an attempt to take power from Mikhail Gorbachev but ended not only in failure, but lead to the fall of the Soviet Union
Soviet coup d'etat of 1991 / August coup
This is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide.
Non-Aligned
Performed by Buffalo Springfield, this song was recorded on December 5, 1966 and released as a single on Atco Records on December 23, 1966
For What it's Worth