Presidential Timelines

By BW32

  • National- Assassination of President JFK

    John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas on this day. Lyndon B. Johnson took over as President soon after.

  • National-LBJ Declares War on Poverty

    President Lyndon B. Johnson took a stand to help fight poverty and unemployment rates in America.

  • International-Panama Canal Issues

    The Panama Canal incident occurs when Panamanian mobs engage United States troops, leading to the death of twenty-one Panama citizens and four U.S. troops.

  • International-Muhammad Ali dominates the boxing world

    Muhammad Ali defeated Charles Liston for the World Heavy Weight Championship.

  • National-UCLA wins the college basketball championship

    UCLA defeated Duke University by a score of 98-83 for the NCAA championship.

  • InternationalUnited States Navy arrives in Vietnam

    After North Vietnam goes into Laos, U.S. moves 2 carriers offshore. The Navy now has signifigant forces within range of Vietnam.

  • National-The Civil Rights Act

    This piece of legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

  • International-The Tokyo Summer Olympics

    The Tokyo Summer Olympics opened with their ceremonies on this date. There was a total of 163 events spread out throughout 19 sports.

  • International-China explodes its first atomic bomb.

    After many years of experiements and tests, China finally detonates their first atomic bomb.

  • International-King Saud is out of power in Saudi Arabia

    King Saud of Saudi Arabia is replaced by his son, Faisal, who modernizes the country's administration.

  • International-Mariner 4

    The Mariner 4 is the first spacecraft to approach Mars and take photos of it from deep space.

  • National-Rose Bowl

    The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Oregon State Beavers by a score fo 34-7.

  • National-Malcolm X shot

    Malcolm X was shot and killed at a meeting of the OAAU at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York.

  • National-Civil Rights Movement

    Martin Luther King, Jr., leads 4,000 people marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On March 7, 600 civil rights marchers are attacked by state and local police with clubs and tear gas. The third march successfully makes it into Montgomery. In New York, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X is assassinated.

  • International-InNew Zealand and the Vietnam War

    New Zealand now decides that it is time to send military combat forces over to Vietnam to help with the War. They sent 161 Battery units to Vietnam.

  • National-Medicare

    Medicare, the government medical program for citizens over the age of 65, begins.

  • National-Voting Rights Act

    This act abolishes literacy tests and other tests used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting.

  • National-NBA Championship

    The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 to win the NBA Finals.

  • National-Walt Disney dies

    The creator of Mickey Mouse and the famed Walt Disney World dies from lung cancer Burbank, California.

  • National-First Super Bowl

    The first Super Bowl was originally called the AFL-NFL World Championship, but was later renamed. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

  • International-Apollo astronauts die

    Three Apollo astronauts—Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Col. Edward White II, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee—killed in spacecraft fire during simulated launch

  • National-Martin Luther King Opposes War

    Breaking with the President, Martin Luther King announces his opposition to the war. MLK Jr. was completely against all violence and the war in Vietnam.

  • International-Apollo 4

    Apollo 4 is launched unmanned into space. This design later gave way to Apollo 11 and finally beating the Soviet Union to the moon.

  • International-First Heart Transplant

    The first human heart transplant of the modern age of medicine occured on this date. Christiaan Barnard completed the surgery on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.

  • International-North Korea captures the USS Pueblo

    The USS Pueblo was monitoring the border between Japan and North Korea when North Korean forces took control of the ship. This event caused even more tention for the Cold War.

  • International-Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive was a large North Vietnam military campaign that launched during the Vietnam War. Almost every city in South Vietnam had military action and combat in it.

  • National-MLK is assanated

    Martin Luther King Jr. is assanated in Memphis, Tennessee on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel.

  • National-Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles

    RFK was presenting a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy was shot down by an assassin after the speech.

  • International-The Mexico Summer Olympics

    The Mexico Summer Olympics opened with there ceremonies on this date in history. There was a total of 172 events for 18 sports in these Olympics.

  • International-U.S. athletes take a stand at the Summer Olympics

    Two African-American athletes protested racial discrimination when they were being presented their gold and bronze medals from the Olympic Games. The two were later punished for this act.

  • International-Apollo 8

    Apollo 8 is the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. The ship orbitted the moon 10 times before returning. This was the first time humans had traveled to the far side of the moon