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John F. Kennedy elected president
Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. -
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Presidential Runs
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Presidentail Runs
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Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War begins
In late January, 1968, during the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba -
John F. Kennedy Assassinated
the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. -
The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time
The Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first American television appearance. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed
Gave President Lyndon B. Johnson unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia and marked the beginning of an expanded military role for the United States in the Cold War battlefields of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Tet Offensive
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive (named for the lunar new year holiday called Tet), a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Election of 1968
Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace ran, but Nixon won this election having 31,710,470 -
Richard Nixon visits China
He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. -
Watergate Affair
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington -
U.S. Involvement in Vietnam War ends
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Richard Nixon resigns from presidency
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan will take the oath as the new President at noon to complete the remaining 2 1/2 years of Mr. Nixon's term. -
Jimmy Carter elected president
39th President of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center
