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John F. Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race and became the Prsident of the United States
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East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. Anyone from East Berlin was forbidden to pass into West Berlin.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day confrontaion between the US and the Soviet Union.
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The March on Washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in the United States history and it demanded economice rights for African American people.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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The Golf of Tonkin Incident involved 2 separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the US
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America.
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An African American was arrested for drunk driving on August 11, 1965 and a minor roadside argument broke out, then turned into a fight. Six days of looting and arson followed and the community reacted in outrage.
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He was an American clergyman and civil rights leader who was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead at 7:05 pm the same evening at age 35.
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Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
