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First Use of Nuclear Submarine
USS Nautilus was world’s first nuclear submarine invented by Hyman Rickover. This submarine could remain underwater for extended periods of time. -
1956 Presidential Election
President Eisenhower defeats Democratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson. This was the 2nd time he lost to Eisenhower. -
1960 Presidential Election
Republican Richard Nixon barely lost to Democrat John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was the youngest and also the first Roman Catholic ever elected. -
Bay of Pigs
A failed US attack to push out Fidel Castro from Cuban power. -
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Was shot in Dallas while in a motorcade on a campaign visit. Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who fired the shot that killed the President. -
1964 Presidential Election
President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in one of the largest defeats in history. -
US Enters the Vietnam War
First Marines land in Danang to join the war effort. -
Martin Luther King Assassinated
While in a hotel room in Memphis, MLK was shot by a sniper bullet fired by James Earl Ray. -
1968 Presidential Election
Republican Richard Nixon defeats Hubert Humphrey the Democratic Candidate. It was not a close race. -
Landed on the Moon
American astronauts Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first people ever to land on the moon. A few hours later, Neil Armstrong was the first to actually walk on the moon.