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Geneva Accords signed
The Geneva Accords arranged a settlement which brought about an end to the First Indochina War. The agreement was reached at the end of the Geneva Conference. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote peace and security in southeast Asia. It gave broad congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. -
Tet Offensive
The Viet Cong launched a huge surprise attack on the Vietnamese national buddhist holiday. The Americans were stunned and overwhelmed by the attacks by the Viet Cong. -
My Lai Massacre
Genocide The My Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. Therefore it was an act of genocide committed by the US Americans on the Vietnamese. -
Nixon wins the election
Eight years after being defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. Most political observers believed that Nixon’s political career was over, but by February 1968, he had sufficiently recovered his political standing in the Republican Party to announce his candidacy for president. -
Woodstock festival
Woodstock was a huge musical festival. It was three days of "peace and music". It was held in Woodstock, New York. -
Kent State shooting
Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close.
