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JFK Becomes President
JFK officially becomes the 35th president of the United States. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. troops invaded Cuba to try to overthrow Castro. This invasion was not successful, as all but 300 of the 1400 troops were either killed or captured. Since the U.S. failed, it only made Castro stronger. President Kennedy took responsibility for this fail, and a lot of Cuban Americans despised Kennedy after this event. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Gave his ¨I Have a Dream Speech¨
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Washington D.C about equal rights for blacks and whites. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights act of 960 which created a law that banned discrimination in public places. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
North Vietnam attacked torpedo boats on U.S. ships. President Johnson got false reports two days later that another attack had occurred. In response to this, he ordered air strikes against North Vietnam. President Johnson talked with Congress the next day to try to gain their support. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act
This act banned the discriminatory voting requirements. An example of one of the requirements that was banned was giving African Americans literary tests before they could vote. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Gave a Speech
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech was about the Vietnam War. He was against it. This speech was given at Riverside Church in New York. -
Thurgood Marshall was Appointed to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968
This Act is also known as the Fair Housing Act. It prohibited discrimination by sellers or renters of a property. -
Kent State University Anti-War Protest
Four students from Kent State University were killed, and nine students were wounded by The National Guard. Students were protesting the Vietnam War and they didn't want the war to spread to Cambodia. -
Gay Rights Movement Becomes More Popular
Foster Gunnison and Craig Rodwell were gay rights activists who lead a gay rights march in New York on this day in 1970. -
The Senate Approved the 26th Amendment
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Soldiers fighting in Vietnam felt that it was not fair that they were drafted to serve for their country, but they had no say in who the leader of their country was. -
"Napalm Girl"
An Associated Press Photographer that went by the name of Nick Ut photographed children in Vietnam who were running from a piece of land that had been attacked by Napalm. The South Vietnamese had accidentally dropped Napalm on their own troops and even some civilians. There is a famous girl named Kim Phucc who was photographed during this event, and she ripped all of her clothes off. -
Watergate Scandal Begins
Four men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington D.C.
