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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. -
Democratic National Convention
The 1956 Democratic National Convention nominated former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for President and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for Vice President. -
Eisenhower's Second Inauguration
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Singapore Self Rule
The leader of the Labour Front, David Marshall, became the first Chief Minister of Singapore. -
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States. It is one of the smallest states, and it is the only state made up entirely of islands. -
JFK Wins Presidency
John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States, narrowly beating Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. -
Peace Corps Established
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served. -
Friendship 7
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. -
Kennedy Assassination.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
Lyndon B. Johnson takes office
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in following the death of President Kennedy -
War On Poverty Campaign
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent. -
LBJ's second term starts
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U.S. Troops enter the Vietnam War
U.S. combat troops, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, landed at China Beach north of Da Nang. -
Gemini 3 launched
A Stunning Display, NASA launched the Gemini 3 mission, NASA's first crewed flight of the Gemini program, with astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young aboard. -
1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon's surface to Earth. -
Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place
Amidst growing opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam, large-scale anti-war protests were held in New York, San Francisco, and many other cities. -
Tet Offensive Begins
The Tet Offensive, a series of surprise attacks by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War lasting until September 23, 1968. -
Richard M. Nixon Inauguration
Nixon becomes the 37th President of the U.S.A. -
First Landing on the Moon
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the moon. -
Apollo 13 mission to moon Accident
After an explosion crippled the spacecraft, the three astronauts had to fight to make their way back to Earth. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
Nixon Inauguration
President Nixon starts his second term of office. -
Operation Homecoming
The first of 591 American Prisoners of War are released from Hanoi at the start of Operation Homecoming. -
Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign.
Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. He resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office the only time a U.S. president has done so. -
Gerald Ford takes office
Following the resignation of Pres. Nixon, Vice President Ford is sworn into office in the East Room of the White House. -
The Vietnam War ends
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
