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