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JFK becomes the youngest man to ever be elected president.
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It was failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA sponsered paramilitary group.
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Was a 13 day confrontation between the United States and Soviet Russia over Soviet ballistic missles launched in cuba.
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He served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 up until his assassination in 1963.
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The Beatles got really popular in the U.S In february of 1964
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he 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.
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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.
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It was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War,
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The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
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On February 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip.
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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., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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Nixon announces end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war.