The Turbulant 60's

By ma_amaruna

  • Peace Corps

    JFK establishes the Peace Corps.

  • Bay of Pigs

    US backed Bay of Pigs is crushed by the Cubans.

  • Orbiting Earth

    John Glenn becomes the first person to orbit the Earth.

  • steel

    President Kennedy forces steel industries to roll back price hike.

  • cuban missile crisis

    cuban missile crisis puts us on the brink of a nuclear war.

  • Test BAn Treaty

    US, great britain, and USSR sign the limited nuclear test ban treaty.

  • JFK

    JFK is assinated.

  • Johnson

    Johnson is sworn in as president.

  • poverty

    Johnson declares war on poverty.

  • gulf of tonkin resolution

    congress passes gulf of tonkin resolution.

  • 1964 election

    Johnson wins the 1964 election by a landslide.

  • Vietnam

    Johnson commits 50 thousand american troops to combat in vietnam.

  • medicare and medicaid

    congress enacts medicare and medicaid.

  • NOW

    national organization for women (NOW) is formed.

  • 6 day war

    israel wins six day war in the middle east

  • detriot riots

    riots in detriot kill 43, injure 2 thousand and leave 5 thousand homeless.

  • Vietcong

    vietcong launch the offensive.

  • re-election?

    Johnson announces he will not be running for re-election.

  • MLK Jr assination

    Martin Luther King Jr is assiniated in Memphis

  • kennedy assination

    Robert Kennedy is assinated in LA.