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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, on August 2, 1964.
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The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marine Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965 in the Dominican Civil War.
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President Johnson announces he will send 44 combat battalions to Vietnam increasing the U.S. military presence to 125,000 men.
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In the face of rising anti-Soviet protests in Czechoslovakia, Soviet troops (backed by troops from other Warsaw Pact nations) intervene to crush the protest and restore order. The brutal Soviet action shocked the West and dealt a devastating blow to U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
