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John F. Kennedy

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States, narrowly beating republican Richard Nixon. He was also the first catholic president.

assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

John F. Kennedy, the 35th presdient of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m central standard time on Friday, Nov, 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas

Gulf of Tonkin

Aug 2, 1964

The Gulf of Tonkin incident was two seperate occurences involving naval forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin that promoted the first large scale involvement of U.S amred forces in Southeast Asia

Malcolm X

Feb 21, 1965

Malcolm X, born Malcolm little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American muslim minister and a human rights activist. He was assassinated Feb. 21

Tet Offensive

Jan 30, 1968

was on eof the largest milliarty campaigns of vietnam war, launched on January 30th, 1968 by forces of the viet cong and vietnamese army against the forces of south vietnam, the United States, and their allies.

Robert Kennedy

Jun 5, 1968

assassination of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy a United States senator and brother of assassinated John F. Kennedy.