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Kennedy Assassination
, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. The governer was also hit in the chest After being shot , the car flew off to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Oswald was arrested shortly after . When Oswald was being transferred he was shot and died . Oswald was shot by Ruby -
Lyndon Johnson Sworn in as President
Johnson was sworn in on the Air Force One. He was the vice President and sworn in not long after Kennedy's assassination occurred. He was sworn in by Judge Sarah Hughes at 2:38 p.m. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin incident drew the United States more directly into the Vietnam War. It involved two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. This involved North Vietnam and the United States. -
War protest in Washington 1967
In Washington, D.C. nearly 100,000 people gather to protest the American war effort in Vietnam. More than 50,000 of the protesters marched to the Pentagon to ask for an end to the conflict. Polls taken in the summer of 1967 revealed that, for the first time, American support for the war had fallen below 50 percent.The protest was the most dramatic sign of waning U.S. support for President Lyndon Johnson’s war in Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
70,000 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.North Vietnam achieved a victory with the Tet Offensive. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. The American soldiers did this and a gun plane seen them doing this when flying over. The only known soldier to be convicted was -
Nixon wins Presidency
The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. The Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. -
Paris Peace Accords
The settlement included a cease-fire. It addition, the United States agreed to the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and advisers and the dismantling of all U.S. bases within 60 days.In return, the North Vietnamese agreed to release all U.S. and other prisoners of war. Both sides agreed to the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Laos and Cambodia. It was agreed that at the 17th Parallel would remain a provisional dividing line, with eventual reunification of the country. -
Saigon captured
Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese forces . The fall of Saigon (now Ho Chin Minh City) effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War.
