1955-1975

By nathanmunoz1011

  • President Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected as president of the United States

  • Explorer I

    The United States launches its first satellite

  • Alaska

    Alaska becomes the 49th state of the United States.

  • Hawaii

    Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States

  • President Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy is elected as president of the United States

  • John F. Kennedy assasination

    President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas TX.

  • President Johnson

    Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson takes presidency

  • Civil rights act

    President Johnson signs the civil rights act

  • Assassination of MLK

    Rev. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee

  • Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated

    Senator Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in LA, California

  • President Nixon

    Richard Nixon is elected as president of the United States

  • Apollo 13

    The United States is the first nation to have men walk on the moon

  • Watergate scandal

    The watergate scandal was discovered and this would end in President Nixon's resignation

  • President Nixon resigns

    Richard Nixon resigns as president of the United States after the discovery of the watergate scandal

  • President Ford

    Gerald Ford succeeds Richard Nixon as president of the United States