Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

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Also Known As	Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water • Nuclear Weapons Test-Ban Treaty
Date	August 5, 1963
Participants	Soviet Union • United Kingdom • United States
Context	Cold War

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Topics

nuclear weapon testing

Timeline

Harry Truman's presidency: World War II, the atomic bomb, and the Cold War

Truman Doctrine

March 12, 1947

Marshall Plan

April 1948 - December 1951

Berlin blockade

June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949

Warsaw Pact

May 14, 1955 - July 1, 1991

U-2 Incident

May 5, 1960 - May 17, 1960

Bay of Pigs invasion

April 17, 1961

Berlin crisis of 1961

August 1961

Kennedy announces U.S. naval blockade of Cuba

Cuban missile crisis

October 22, 1962 - November 20, 1962

Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

August 5, 1963

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

1969 - 1979

Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions

October 1973 - February 9, 1989

Korean Air Lines flight 007

September 1, 1983

Reykjavík summit of 1986

October 11, 1986 - October 12, 1986

collapse of the Soviet Union

August 18, 1991 - December 31, 1991

Key People

John F. Kennedy

president of United States

Nikita Khrushchev

premier of Soviet Union

Harold Macmillan

prime minister of United Kingdom

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