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Bay of Pigs
Federal Castro was the leader of this war, it was called this because of all the deaths that happened -
John F. Kennedy elected president
he was the youngest man to be elected president, he was also the first catholic -
Cuban Missile Crisis
this occcured during the cold war the U.S attacked the cubans so that they could attempt to stop the missles -
John F. Kennedy Assassinated
he was killed in Dallas Texas while riding on a car going through a parade he was shot by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor -
The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time
The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time On February 9th, 1964, The Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first American television appearance—LIVE—on The Ed Sullivan Show. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed
The United States Congress overwhelming approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia -
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. -
Tet Offensive
On January 31, 1968, some 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 og 1968
Richard nixon won the election,he was running against rubert humpery and George Wallace8 -
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U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
On Jan. 23, 1973, 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 visits China
On February 21, 1972, 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
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, D.C. -
Richard Nixon resigns from presidency
He had been engulfed by a major political scandal that began with the bungled burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, D.C., -
Jimmy Carter elected president
Jimmy Carter took his first step on the road to the White House in 1972 by becoming chair of the Democratic Governor's Campaign Committee, and then his second step in 1974 by getting himself named as the campaign chairman of the Democratic National Committee. -
Camp David Accords (between Egypt and Israel)
agreements between Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, that led in the following year to a peace treaty between those two countries, the first such treaty between Israel and any of its Arab neighbours. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. -
Ronald Reagan elected president
He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and in 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter. As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives.
