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Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. -
President Lyndon Johnson
The first inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as the 36th President of the United States was held aboard Air Force One at Love Field, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -
Gulf of Tonkin
the U.S. destroyer Maddox was fired on by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. Two days later, in the same area, the Maddox and another destroyer reported that they were again under attack. These reports now appear to have been mistaken, Johnson proceeded quickly to authorize retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam. -
War protest in Washington
In Washington, D.C. 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. The protest was the most dramatic sign of waning U.S. support for President Lyndon Johnson’s war in Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War -
My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam -
Nixon is President
Eight years after being defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, Richard Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey and is elected president. -
Paris Peace Accords
The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam formally sign An Agreement Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam in Paris. -
Saigon captured
The North Vietnamese Army took over Saigon with little resistance, and it was quickly renamed Ho Chi Minh City
