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JFK was the youngest man to be elected president. He beat richord nixion to become president. He also was the first catolic to become president.
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On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. This was a failed invasion.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. In October 1962 President John F. Kennedy was informed of a U-2 spy-plane's discovery of Soviet nuclear-tipped missiles in Cuba.
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Lee Harvey Oswald assisnated jfk but lee was gunned down by jack ruby just two days later. This was a bad day for everyone.
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The beatles became very popular in the united states. it changed attitudes in the music. There was 4 men in the group.
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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.
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Three canidates ran, richard nixon, hubert humphery, and George wallace. Richard nixon would go on to win.
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U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive, 1968. In late January, 1968, during the lunar new year holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam.
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this was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of South.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
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On this day richord nixon would anounced that the war in vietnam was over.
