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Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
Lyndon Johnson sworn in as president
The first inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the 36th President of the United States was held on Friday, November 22, 1963 aboard Air Force One at Love Field, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy earlier that day -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox 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. -
War protest in Washington 1967
In Washington, D.C. nearly 100,000 people gather to protest the American war effort in Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
On January 31, 1968, some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces launched the Tet Offensive, a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968 -
Nixon wins Presidency
Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. -
Paris Peace Accords
The United States, South Vietnam, Vietcong, and North Vietnam formally sign “An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” in Paris. -
Saigon captured
The Fall of Saigon, or the Liberation of Saigon, depending on context, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975.
