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The French Government of France agreed to allow Japan to Station soldiers in Tonkin
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to be president of the United States
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The United States wanted to prevent communistic ideas from spreading
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The Japanese takeover of the government of Vietnam from France
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partition of Indochina into two occupation zones to be pacified by the British in the south and China in the north as decided at the Potsdam Conference
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The beginning of the First Indochina War
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The Soviets cut off all supplies from West Berlin, and the US, Britain, and France had to fly supplies in for 11 months
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John F. Kennedy was killed assassinated at 12:30 in Dallas, Texas
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United States president Richard Nixon resigned from presidency, he became the only U.S president to resign from office
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The major political scandal that followed a break in at the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office
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George Bush was elected to be president of the United States
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The United States shot down Iranian Airliners
