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John. F Kennedy Elected President
In the election on Nov. 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a close race. At age 43, Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected President and the first Catholic. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
First part of the plan was to destroy Castro's tiny air force that way it'd be inpossible for his military to avoid the the invaders. -
Cuban Mussile Crisis
During the Cuban Mussile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense 13 day political and military standoff in October of 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed soviet missiles on cuba just 90miles from U.S. shores. -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
Lee Harvey Oswald is the one who killed our 35th president and wounded Texas Governor Connally. No investigation was ever able to be substantiate that a conspiracy existed or to prove that any other person was definitely involed. -
The Beatles perform in the U.S. for the first time
On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles with their Edwardian Suits and Mop Top haircuts, made their first American television appearence Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, -
Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed
The U.S. congress overwhelimg approves the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving Presdient Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited power oppose "Communist aggression" in southeast asia. The resoluton marked the beginning of an expanded military role for the U.S. in teh Cold War battlefield of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in south vietnam. -
Election of 1968
Richard M. Nixon, repulican. Hubert H. Humphrey, Democratic. George C. Wallace, American Independent. -
U.S. Involvement in Vietnam War
January or '68, during the Lunar New Year or "Tet" holiday, north vietnamese and communists viet cong forces launched a coordinate attack against targets in south vietnam. -
Richard Nixon visits China
They called it the "Week that changed the world". -
Watergate Affair
It was a major political scandal that occurred in the U.S. in the 70's as a result of the break in at the democratica national committee headquarters in washington. -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam war Ends
On this date, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, In televison speech, Nixon said the Accord would "end the war and bring peace with honor." -
Richard Nixon Resigns Presidency
President Richard M. Nixon resigns in the wake of the watergate burglary scandal. he was the first american president to ever resign.
