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John F Kennedy elected president
defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic. -
Bay of pigs
On the 17th of April about 1,300 exiles armed with United States weapons landed at Bahia de Cochinos Bay of Pigs,on the southern coast of Cuba. -
Cubin missle crisis
leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. -
John F. K assinated
10mile motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas on November 22. a shot fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland -
Beatles in the U.S for the first time
the beatles prominence in the United States in February 1964 was a significant development in the history of the band's commercial success -
Gulf of tonkin of resolution
President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
0,000 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 ogf1968
Nixon ran on a campaign that promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities, torn by riots and crime. -
Richard Nixon visits China
President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. -
Watergate Affair
reak-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its ... -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. In a televised speech, Nixon said the accord would “end the war and bring peace with honor.” -
Richard Nixon resigns from presidency
After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals, President Nixon bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign. -
vietnam war
ARVN recapture Quang Trj during the 1972 Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Hue Massacre. -
Jimmy Carter elected president
he winner was the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate, over the incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate. -
Camp David Accords (between Egypt and Israel)
a peace treaty between those two countries, the first such treaty between Israel and any of its Arab neighbours. Brokered by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
as a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Sixty-six American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days. -
Ronald Reagan elected president
won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter. As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives.
