1969Jan.Richard M. Nixon becomes President replacing Lyndon Johnson.Henry Kissinger becomes the new Secretary of State. March ‘Vietnamization’ of the war is announced by Secretary of Defence Melvin Laird 30th AprilU.S. military personnel peak at 543,400....
January 25, 1969 - Four-party Vietnam war peace talks begin. In April, U.S. troops in the war reached its zenith at 543,400 and would begin their withdrawal on July 8. July 20, 1969 - The Apollo program completes its mission. Neil Armstrong, United States astronaut, becomes the first...
Vietnam War Tanzaman Socialist dance performances 1965 East West Players is founded – Mako is the founding Artistic Director 1966-67 Bruce Lee as Kato Late 1960’s Collaboration between East West Players and Inner City Cultural Center 1969 Demonstration at Los Angeles Music Center (re) Lovely La...
At the height of the Cold War, with the Vietnam War escalating, Holt moved Australia’s focus away from Britain and more towards America – substantially increasing Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. His impromptu speech on the White House lawn declaring himself ‘All the way with ...
01JAN1955 American aid to South Vietnam, amounting to $216 million in 1955, begins. Diem, selected and groomed by Michigan State University will come to power later this year. (89/408) 1955 “The Sheilah Graham Show” on NBC JAN1955 Philip Morris introduced the reinvented Marlboro cigarette...
1969-1973 Kissinger conducts negotiations to settle the war in Vietnam, culminating in the Paris Peace Accords 1971 Kissinger makes secret visit to Beijing to set up back channel negotiations that ultimately lead to normalization of relations between the U.S. and China 1972 Nixon visits China (Fe...
America is now beginning to reach its full sexual and social maturity. The past 8 years have been a tumultuous time for the country. The old social orders are given way to new ones, the war in Vietnam has turned out to be a never-ending disaster. The continued blight and decay of the...
CIA agents go undercover as student radicals to spy on and disrupt campus organizations protesting the Vietnam War. They are searching for Russian instigators, which they never find. CHAOS will eventually spy on 7,000 individuals and 1,000 organizations....
1969 A.D. Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the Moon. 1974 A.D. President Nixon (U.S.) is forced to resign afterWatergate scandal.World populationreaches 4 billion. 1975 A.D. End of Vietnam war 1978 A.D.John Paul IIis elected as the first non-Italian Pope in over 450...
Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for “Twilight Zone: The Movie” (1983). Business in 1998 Odwalla Inc., in Half Moon Bay, agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine for contaminated apple-based ju...