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America's attempt to hinder communism in the former colony of French Indochina.
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Crisis over nuclear capable missile being placed in Cuba by the USSR. Closet time humanity has currently been at nuclear war.
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President of the United States John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas.
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The civil rights act of 1964 goes through congress as part of LBJ's initial legislative accomplishments.
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The US destroyer was attacked in the Gulf of Ton-kin, allowing Lyndon B Johnson to send more troops into south Vietnam.
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Leonid Brezhnev takes power in the Soviet Union after outting Kruschav.
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the French republic left the NATO command structure due to sovereignty issues.
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The (current) last duel in history took place in France between the Socialist Mayor of Marseille Defferre vs his political opponent Ribire
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The Apollo 11 mission is a success, having the US as the first nation to send men to the moon.