Major Events

Chapter 38 · 1960–1968

John F. Kennedy elected president

November 1960

Bay of Pigs invasion fails

April 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

October 1962

JFK assassinated; LBJ becomes president

November 1963

Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed

July 1964

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed

August 1964

Johnson elected president in a landslide

November 1964

"Bloody Sunday" at Selma

March 1965

Voting Rights Act signed

August 1965

Tet Offensive shocks the nation

January 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

April 1968

Chaos at the Democratic National Convention

August 1968