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Kennedy Assassination
As it was passing the Texas School Book Depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza, bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was also hit in the chest. -
Inauguration of Lyndon Johnson
After Kennedy got shot, he became president. -
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin involved two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. -
War Protest in Washington DC
Nearly 100,000 people gather to protest the American war effort in Vietnam. More than 50,000 of the protesters marched to the Pentagon to ask for an end to the conflict. -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
My Lai Massacre
The Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam -
Nixon Wins Presidency
American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States -
Paris Peace Accords
An agreement between the government of the North Vietnam, and of South Vietnam. The South Vietnam, and the United States to bring an end to the Vietnam War. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
