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John F. Kennedy is elected as United States president.
A website with information on John F. Kennedy's presidency.Richard Nixon barely loses to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election for president. John F. Kennedy's vice- president is Lyndon B. Johnson. -
President Kennedy puts in $17 billion for a nuclear missile program
In addition, Kennedy sends more military aid to Indochina and the Peace Corps was created on this day also. -
Bay of PIgs
An invasion of Cuba is executed by the United States under the orders of President Kennedy. The invasion was a failure that made the country look bad. -
Nuclear Testing
The United States decides to start nuclear testing underground. -
Fallout Shelters
President Kennedy advises Americans to prepare by building fallout shelters. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets are using Cuba's proximity to the United States as a way to point missiles at America. A naval blockade is ordered by President Kennedy. -
MLK Jr. arrested.
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested during a protest and is put in jail at Birmingham, Alabama. -
Civil Rights Bill
The Civil Rights Bill is proposed by JFK. -
President Kennedy is assassinated.
Website discussing the controversy of JFK's assassination.President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president. -
Military involvement in Vietnam War increases.
Supposedly, President Johnson increased the United States' involvement in Vietnam War. Also the day of President Kennedy's funeral. -
LBJ re elected
A website describing the life of Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident Johnson is re elected over Barry Goldwater by a longshot. -
North Vietnam attacked
United States starts to bomb North Vietnam on this day. -
First American troop to set foot on Vietnam soil
The first American troops ever step foot on Vietnam soil and the American combat troops fight the first battle in South Vietnam. -
Troops stationed in Vietnam
25,000 American soldiers get orders to Vietnam. -
First anti-Vietnam War march
In Washington D.C. 25,000 walk in the protesting march. -
New law passed.
Burning draft cards as a way of anti-war protest becomes illegal in the United States. -
Cambodian border.
25,000 American troops are sent to the Cambodian border. -
Martin Luther King Jr. shares his opinion.
MLK Jr. starts to speak publicly protesting the Vietanm War. -
Number of American troops in Vietnam increases.
The amount of American troops in Vietnam reaches 448,400. -
Deadly Riots
Deadly riots in Detroit lead to 43 dead. -
15,000 soldiers dead.
This far in the Vietnam War, 15,000 American soldiers have been killed. 60% of those soldiers were killed in 1967. -
Vietnamese Massacre
A website describing the Vietnamese massacre at My Lai.200-500 Vietnamese civillians are murdered. -
Bobby Kennedy to run for president.
Robert F. Kennedy, JFK's little brother, announces that he will be running for president this year. -
MLK Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot, which lead to his death in Memphis on his hotel balcony. He was 39 years old. -
Bobby Kennedy assassinated.
Just like his older brother, Bobby Kennedy is also assassinated. Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed him. -
Richard Nixon narrowly elected president.
Richard Nixon is elected president with Spiro T. Agnew beside him as vice president. -
25,000 withdrawn
After meeting with South Vietnam's president, President Nixon announces 25,000 American troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam immediately. -
Ho Chi Min
North Vietnam's president, Ho Chi Min, dies. -
Agent Orange
A website about the dangerous herbicide that continued to be sprayed even after it was banned in the United States.After being banned in the United States, Agent Orange continues to be sprayed in Vietnam. -
Cease Fire
A cease fire is signed between all warring parties in the Vietnam War.
