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As Kennedy passed the Texas School book Depository building, Lee Oswald allegedly fired three shot's from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connaly.
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This gave broad congressional approval for the expation of the Vietnam War.
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Johnson wanted to create a "Great Society". But he failed to lead the nation out of the quagmire of the Vietnam War, and he insteade fought against North Vietnam by sending 500,000 men to Vietnam.
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Over 100,000 people gather at the Washington D.C. to protest the Vietnam war. About 50,000 marched to the Pentagon.
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70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet cong forces launched the Tet offensive. American forces and Vietnamese were able to hold off the communist attack.
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It is belived that as much as 500 people including men woman, elderly, and children were killed. High ranking officer tried to cover this up but soon was leaked to the public.
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After loosing the 1960 election to Kennedy most people belived his political stand point was over untill he recovered in the Republican party, and soon won the 1968 election.
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The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam formally sign “An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” in Paris.
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By dawn, communist forces move into Saigon, where they meet only sporadic resistance. The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of the North Vietnamese.
