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When Fidel Castro drove his army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista.
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John F. Kennedy is the youngest man to be elected as the President of the United States.
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The Soviet Union took place in a 13 day political and military standoff.
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John was assinated in a presidential car durring a parade when he asked his secrete service to back off so the public could get a better view of him.
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Was the day that they stepped off the train in Washington at Indian Station. Was the biggest part of the bands commercial success.
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It also gave Johnson the right to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.
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North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
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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
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Nixon defeted Humphrey and Wallace in the Presidential Election of 1968.
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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. This was an important event because the U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.
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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
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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.”
