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John F. Kennedy elceted president.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. -
Bay of Pigs
Thee Bay of Pigs was an invasion that began when a CIA-financed group attempted to murder Fidel Castro. The attack failed. -
Cuban missle crisis.
During this time, an American spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
He rode in a motorcrade throughout Dallas, Texas. The got shot in the head. -
The Beatles Perform in the U.S. for the first time.
The Beatles were an English Rock Band. This was important in history because they were from England, and it was usually american music artists that performed. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed
On this date, the United States Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia. -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam
They involved in the Gulf on Tulkin. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive saw the North Vietnamese change their tactics in their war against the SVA and America. The Tet Offensive witnessed a huge conventional attack by the North. Every year on the last day of January, the Vietnamese pay tribute to their ancestors. The Tet New Year is a very important day for the Vietnamese and nearly all-normal day-to-day activities stop to allow those who can the opportunity to celebrate the lives of their ancestors. -
Election of 1968
It was an American presidential election held on November 5, 1968, in which Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey. -
Nixon visits China.
He was there to normalize relations between the U.S. and China. -
Watergate affair
Several burglars were arrested inside the office of democratic national committe located in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. -
Richard Nixon resigns
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan would take the oath as the new President at noon to complete the remaining 2 1/2 years of Mr. Nixon's term.
After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals, President Nixon bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign. -
Jimmy Carter elected
This was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The winner was the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate, over the incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate -
Camp David Accords
At the White House in Washington, D.C., Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. -
Ronald Raegan elected president
He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and in 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter -
U.S. ending of Vietnam war.
