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kennedy elected
kennedy beats nixon in presidential race -
peace corps
JFK announces peace corps to aide countries in poverty -
Bay of Pigs
us organizes cuban exile invasion of cuba -
limited nuclear ban treaty
treaty between US UK and USSR -
john glen orbits earth
glen becomes the first man to orbit earth -
cuban missile crisis
world brought to brink of nuclear war in cuba, us calls russian bluff -
march on washington
SCLC and other groups organize march to aide blacks, sight of i have a dream speach -
Kennedy assassination
jfk killed by lee harvey oswald in dallas -
war on poverty
johnson announces war on poverty -
civil right act of 1964
broad act ends segregation legally and also helps women -
Gulf of tonkin
resolution passed to give johnson power to escalate war -
Johnson reelection
johnson wins in a landslide over Goldwater -
more troops sent to vietnam
50,000 aditional troops sent in with gulf of tinkin resolution -
medicare, medicaid
congress aproves johnson's medicare and medicaid -
detroit riots
riots in detroit kill 43, injure 2000 and leave 5000 homeless -
tet offensive
north vietnamese lauch ofensive that caught us off guard -
Johnson withdraws
johnson announces he will not rerun -
MLK assassination
MLK killed in memphis by james earl ray -
Bobby kennedy assassination
bobby kennedy killed by sirhan sirhan -
nixon elected
nixon beats humphrey due to divisions in democrats
