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Eisenhower in the House
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States who promoted Atoms for Peace ... Birth Date: October 14, 1890 ... He became the first Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1951. -
France ĺeaves Indochina
On May 7, 1954, the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region. -
US troops land in Lebanon
The 1958 Lebanon crisis was a Lebanese political crisis caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a U.S. military intervention. The intervention lasted around three months until President Camille Chamoun, who had requested the assistance, completed his term as president of Lebanon. -
U-2 spy plane is shot down
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Kennedy in the house
Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. His assassination on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, sent shock around the world and turned the all-too-human Kennedy into a larger-than-life heroic figure. -
Johnson in the house
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ), was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President of the United States under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. A Democrat from Texas, he also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions. -
Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Us troops arrive in Vietnam
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang. They join 23,000 American military advisors already in Vietnam. -
Anti-war protest in Chicago
Anti-Vietnam War protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. For eight days, the protesters and the Chicago Police Department met in the streets and parks of Chicago while the U.S. Democratic Party met at the convention in the International Amphitheate -
Tet Offensive begins
Tet Offensive Begins. On the early morning of January 30, 1968, Viet Cong forces attacked 13 cities in central South Vietnam, just as many families began their observances of the lunar new year. -
Nixon in the house
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who ... Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969-74) became President in 1969 after defeating Lyndon Johnson's Vice-President -
National guard kill student protesters
At Kent State University in Ohio, protesters launched a demonstration that included setting fire to the ROTC building, prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus.On May 4, twenty-eight guardsmen opened fire on a crowd, killing four students and wounding nine. -
Nixon invasion in Cambodia
The Cambodian Campaign (also known as the Cambodian Incursion and the Cambodian Invasion) was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. These invasions were a result of the policy of President Richard Nixon. -
Last US troops leave vietnam
Jan. 27, United States, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the Viet Cong sign a peace agreement in Paris calling for the withdrawal of the remaining U.S. forces and the release of all American POWs by April 1. Feb. 12,The first American POWs are released. March 29, The last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam. -
Saigon falls to North Vietnamese invasion
The South Vietnamese forces fell back in total disarray, and once again, the United States did nothing & The South Vietnamese 18th Division had fought a valiant battle. By April 27, the North Vietnamese had completely encircled Saigon and began to maneuver for a complete takeover.