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kennedy beats nixon in presidential race
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JFK announces peace corps to aide countries in poverty
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us organizes cuban exile invasion of cuba
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treaty between US UK and USSR
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glen becomes the first man to orbit earth
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world brought to brink of nuclear war in cuba, us calls russian bluff
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SCLC and other groups organize march to aide blacks, sight of i have a dream speach
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jfk killed by lee harvey oswald in dallas
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johnson announces war on poverty
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broad act ends segregation legally and also helps women
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resolution passed to give johnson power to escalate war
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johnson wins in a landslide over Goldwater
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50,000 aditional troops sent in with gulf of tinkin resolution
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congress aproves johnson's medicare and medicaid
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riots in detroit kill 43, injure 2000 and leave 5000 homeless
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north vietnamese lauch ofensive that caught us off guard
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johnson announces he will not rerun
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MLK killed in memphis by james earl ray
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bobby kennedy killed by sirhan sirhan
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nixon beats humphrey due to divisions in democrats
