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Start of the Korean War
The Korean war was a war between south Korea and north Korea. Northern Korea was the communist half of Korea. The war started when they crossed over to the south and invaded the non-communist part of Korea, in attempt to spread communism throughout the whole continent. The United States came to South Korea's aid in the war, they feared the spread of communism. Us forces were now fighting against Northern Korea's forces alongside Southern Korea. -
End of Korean War
This war was fought for 3 years and ended when the Korean Armistice agreement was signed on July 27 1953. This agreement was to divide Korea almost as it was in the beginning of the war. North Korea and South Korea were separate countries now. United states spent about 67 billion dollars on the war and there were over 54,000 casualties -
Start of the Vietnam war
North Vietnam and South Vietnam engaged in a war with each other over communism. Communist forces took power in the North, so the country was divided between a anti-communist south and a communist north. The conflict started when the south refused to have unification elections, angering the north -
Death of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an american actress, a model, and a singer. She has 3 golden globes, 29 films and was named one of the sexiest women of all time. On August 5 1962, she died at only 36 years old. Her death was caused by an overdose on sleeping pills. She was found dead in her home in LA, naked on her bed laying face down with a telephone in her hand and an empty bottle of sleeping pills (that were prescribed to her to treat her depression) by her bed. Her death was declared a suicide -
The Death of President Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United states. Kennedy and his Political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign, he had not officially announced his running but it was clear he would most likely run again and he most likely would win. But before he could, on November 22 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas Texas as he rode though Daley plaza in a Motorcade. -
Election of President Lyndon B. Johnson
President Johnson (a democrat) ran against Barry goldwater (a Republican). President johnson won the popular vote by 15,951,287 votes and won the electoral vote (Johnson- 486 & Goldwater- 52). President Johnson took office in November 1963 following the assassination of the previous president (president John f. Kennedy) and he became the 36th president of the united states. -
Nixon elected
president richard nixon (a republican) won the election of 1968 against the democratic hubert humphrey. Nixon won both popular vote with 31,783,783 votes and electoral votes with 301 electoral votes -
United states pulls out of war
On March 29, the united states pulled out of the Vietnam war. American troops began withdrawing from the war. During the war, there were a lot of policy changes, and changes in president. Nixon was eager to pull out of the Vietnam war. The policy of Vitenamization was established, which redirected the responsibility of the war to the government of South Vietnam. -
Watergate Scandal (Nixon resignation)
in June, there was a break in at the Democratic national committee headquarters. several criminals were arrested. These men were caught wire tapping phones and stealing documents and they were connected to Nixon’s re-election. Nixon took drastic measures to try to cover up the crime. Soon nixon’s role in all of this was revealed to the public and people realized nixon’s improper use and abuse of the power he had. later on Nixon resigned from being president and removed himself out of office. -
End of the Vietnam War
The Viet war was technically a loss for the United states, due to the fact they pulled out. The Communists actually surrendered and signed a peace treaty with south Vietnam. At the end of the war, North and South Vietnam were once again unified. -
Regan became president
Ronald Reagan ran against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan won the election and became the 40th president of the united states. Reagan won the electoral votes, he got 489 and Carter had 49. Reagan beat Carter in the popular vote by 10 percentage points -
John Lennon is shot
John Lennon was a famous music artists, formerly part of the beetles. He was shot and killed December 8th while entering his apartment building. He was shot four times with a .38-caliber revolver. He was sent to the hospital but didn't make it because he died on the way there from bleeding out. His killer was identified as Mark Chapman.
