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John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. He was the youngest President elected at the age of 43.
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Cuban exiles launched an invasion on the south coast of Cuba that failed.
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Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles were discovered in Cuba. It lasted from Ocober 14, 1962 to October 28, 1962
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
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There first concert in the U.S. was at the Washington Coliseum in Washington D.C..
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It was a joint resolution that the United Sates Congress passed on in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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The United States began to send troops over to Vietnam
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Was a cordinated series of attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam.
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Vice President Richard Nixon, Vice President Hubert Humphery and Former Governor of Alabama George Wallace ran for office. Vice Pesident Richard Nixon won the election.
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President Richard Nixion was the first U.S. president to visit the Peeple's Republic of China since it was established in 1949.
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It was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in 1970s as a result of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C..
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The U.S. end its involvment in the Vietnam Warwas declared by President Richard M. Nixon.
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President Nixion resigned from presidency because of the Watergate Affair.
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Jimmy Carter was elected president on January 20, 1977 and served till January 20, 1981.
