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The first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam and about 66 percent of Americans approved of United States policy in Vietnam. -
A group of faculty members and students at the University of Michigan joined together in a teach-in. -
122 colleges held a "National Teach-in" by radio for more than 100,000 antiwar demonstrators.
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The senate foreign relations commitee held "educational" hearings on Vietnam. They called in policy makers and critics to discuss the administrations military strategy.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. publicly condemned the conflict, "I speak for the poor of America who are paying double price of smashed hopes at home, and death and corruption in Vietnam..." In response, military officials tried to reduce African American casualties. By wars end, African Americans made up about 12% of American's dead.
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After Johnson leaving office and deciding he is not going to run, In 1968, Nixon the republican candidate, ran for presidency and won. -
The Vietnamese New Year, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched a massive surprise attack. Tet offensive, guerilla fighters attacked most american airbases in South Vietnam and most of the South's major cities.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis by Jame Earl Ray -
Robert Kennedy was assassinated by an Arab nationalist.
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The 26th amendment to the constitution was ratified, giving all citizens age 18 and older the right to vote in all state and federal elections.