Warsaw Pact founded
May 14, 1955
In response to West German rearmament and NATO, the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites signed a mutual defense pact in Warsaw. The two blocs were now formally arrayed against each other. The Cold War had its symmetry. It would last until the pact dissolved in 1991 along with the empire behind it.
In context
Also in 1955 (4 other events on record)
- Salk polio vaccine approved · North America · Science
- Rosa Parks refuses to move · North America · Politics
- Bandung Conference · Southeast Asia · Politics
- Disneyland opens · North America · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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