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World Timeline (1963-1968)

Browse a chronology of major international events that occurred during Johnson's presidency.

1963	French president Charles de Gaulle prevents Great Britain's entry into the Common Market Nuclear test ban treaty signed by the U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R. Buddhist-led military group overthrows the government of South Vietnam Hurricane in East Pakistan and India kills 22,000 Kenya becomes an independent republic John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963
1964	Zanzibar and Tanganyika merge to form Tanzania Republic of Zambia is created UN peace forces take over Cyprus Pandit Nehru dies War in Vietnam escalates Malawi and Malta join the British Commonwealth Martin Luther King, Jr. wins the Nobel Prize for Peace Nikita Khruschev replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as party secretary King Saud of Saudi Arabia deposed from throne Yassir Arafat becomes leader of Arab guerilla forces World's Fair opens in Queens, New York
1965	Winston Churchill dies Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh rejects peace talks with the U.S. France withdraws from NATO Revolution occurs in Algeria Rhodesia declares independence from Great Britain Gambia, Singapore, and the Maldives join the United Nations Entire northeast U.S. and parts of Canada experience an electrical blackout Malcolm X assassinated
1966	Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India Chinese "cultural revolution" begins 48-hour Christmas truce declared in Vietnam Guyana, formerly British Guiana, becomes independent
1967	Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations occurs First successful heart transplant is performed by Dr. Christian Barnard in South Africa Shah of Iran crowns himself and his wife, Farah Royalists fail to overthrow the military government in Greece
1968	U.S. Navy ship "Pueblo" captured by North Korea Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated Robert Kennedy assassinated Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister of Canada Student protest riots occur in Paris Czechoslovakia is invaded by Soviet forces to quell a liberation movement

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