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The 23rd Amendment is Ratified
The 23rd Amendment gave the citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote for the President. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed CIA mission, that was meant to take the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, out of power. -
Civil Rights March on Washington
The Civil Rights March on Washingto is exactly how it sounds.Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in hopes for racial equality for minorities for things like jobs and freedoms. -
JFK is Assassinated
While riding in an open roof vehicle in Dallas Texas, John F. Kennedy is shot dead by Lee Harvey Oswald from the Texas School Book Depository to the street below. Two days later Jack Ruby killed Oswald out of vengeance. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was an event that may or may not have happened between the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Navy. Allegedly, the North Vietnamese Army attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. This gave Lyndon B. Johnson the power to declare war in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was an operation in which 643,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the Ho Chi Min Trail over a three year period. The trail was a supply route for the North Vietnamese mainly located in Laos and Cambodia. -
The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a synchronized surprise attack carried out by North Vietnam on several U.S. bases in South Vietnam during a temporary cease fire. The offensive was a failure for the North but the aftermath, which was covered by the press, caused a decline in support for the war back in the United States. -
Martin Luther King is Assassinated
The leader of the civil rights movement is murdered by an unknown, racist killer in Memphis, Tennessee -
Robert Kennedy is Assassinated
The brother of the infamous President JFK is murdered by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angles, California after winning the presidential primaries. -
Richard Nixon is Elected as the 37th President
The republican candidate, Richard Nixon, was elected president. He promised to bring the end to the war in Vietnam -
Vietnamization
The Vietnamization process was when the United States slowly started to withdraw from the Vietnam while simultaneously training, supplying, and passing on the responsibility to the South Vietnam Army. -
Ho Chi Minh Dies
The prominent North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh dies due to congestive heart failure. The main North Vietnamese supply route was named after him. -
The Paris Peace Accords are Signed
The Paris Peace Accords were an official document that bring the end to the war and restores peace in Vietnam. The United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Vietcong gathered together in Paris to sign the accords. -
The U.S. Withdraws from Vietnam
Two months after the United States signs the Paris Peace Accords, the final troops leave the country of Vietnam. The happened after a successful prisoner exchange in Hanoi. -
South Vietnam Surrenders
The North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong invade the South Vietnamese capital city of Saigon.The South Vietnamese leader, Duong Van Minh publicly announces the South's surrender to the North. This brought the two countries together into one, communist nation.
