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U.S. involvement in Vietnam War begins
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John F. Kennedy elected president
He captured the democratic nominations in 1960. His election was the closest election in the U.S history -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA financed and trained a groupd of cuban refugees lands in Cuba. -
cuban missile crisis
U-2 spy-plane's discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba. This lasted for 13 days. -
John F. Kennedy Assassinated
He was assassinated riding a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas at 12:30 p.m. -
motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas
The route kenndy the day he got mudered -
The Beatles perform in U.S. for the first time
The first time they played was on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1965s -
Tet Offensive
Series of crucial battles in the Vietnam War -
Election of 1968 (who ran? who won?)
Humphrey, wallace and nixon ran in the eletion. Nixon won the election. -
Richard Nixon visits China
He was the first U.S. president to visit china -
Watergate Affair
Was a politial sandel that shocked the newpapers in 1972. -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends
South Vietnam signed a military and economic aid treaty with the United States leading to the arrival. -
Richard Nixon resigns from presidency
He runs for his second presidency -
Jimmy Carter elected president
was elected for his first term for a president -
Camp David Accords (between Egypt and Israel)
agreements between Israel and Egypt signed
