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A CIA-backed invasion of Cuba by counter-revolutionaries ends in failure.
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The Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets following the breakdown in talks to decide the future of Germany, splitting the East and West
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The Soviets have secretly been installing nuclear weapons on Cuba. Kennedy orders a naval blockade of Cuba, bringing the US and the USSR to the brink of nuclear war. In the end, both sides reach a compromise where the Soviets agreed to withdraw their nuclear missiles from Cuba, in exchange for the U.S removing their missiles from Turkey.
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Peaceful march in Washington, D.C, in support of the civil rights bill. led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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President Kennedy was shot and killed by a sniper in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president shortly after.
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1964 Civil Rights Act made segregation illegal, the 24th amendment abolished poll taxes, and th eVoting Rights Act of 1965 ended literacy tests in voting.
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President Johnson used the naval incident in the Gulf of tonkin in Vietnam to get Congresses approval for U.S forces going into combat
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Voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery. After being attacked, president Johnson sent federal troops to help the protesters.
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