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Dwight D. Eisenhower was reelected as President of the United States.
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To expand U.S. presence in the Pacific region, Hawaii and Alaska gained statehood.
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John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United States of America.
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Security of Defense Robert McNamara approves the sending of six divisions (200,000 men) of US troops to "advise" the South Vietnamese.
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JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov 22, 1963. Lyndon Johnson was immediately sworn into the presidency.
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The 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished the use of a poll tax in national votes.
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Lyndon B. Johnson was reelected as President of the United States on Nov 3, 1964.
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Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the United States.
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The 26th Amendment to the Constitution reduced the legal voting age to 18, bringing in a generation of young voters.
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Richard Nixon was re-elected President of the United States on Nov 7, 1972.
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After securing the release of American POW's from Hanoi and a cessation of hostilities, president Nixon withdrew all American forces from Vietnam, leaving South Vietnam to face the communists alone.
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After securing the release of American POWs from Hanoi and a cessation of hostilities, president Nixon withdrew all American forces from Vietnam, leaving South Vietnam to face the communists alone.
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After removing the French, the now independent Vietnam was split between a communist north and a pro-west south.
