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The US tried to attack Cuba and remove Fidel Castro but were outnumbered and surrended in 24 hours.
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JFK defeated Richard Nixon and was the youngest man to ever be elected as President.
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Cuba had missiles and so did the US. Cuba offered to remove the missiles if the US did not invade them.
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JFK is assassinated by a man with a gun in a car.
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The Beatles performed for the first time in the US on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Two US destroyers in early August were stationed on the Glf of Tonkin reported that they had been fired at.
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Congress authorized President Johnson to take whatever means necessary to retaliate and to promote the international peace and security in Southeast Asia.
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Planned attack on over 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon and Hurbert Humphrey ran for office. Richard Nixon won.
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Richard Nixon visits China.
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Robbers were found trying to tap phones and steal documents. They were involved with nixons re-election. In 1974 Nixon resigned from office.
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Nixon resigns due to the Watergate Scandal. He was the first president to ever resign.
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Nixon announced that an accord had been met to end the Vietnam War.
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Jimmy Carter is elected as president.
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Agreements between Israel and Egypt were signed on 1978. This lead to a peace treaty.
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Islamic revolutionaries overran the US Embassey in Tehran.
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Ronald Reagan is elected President.
