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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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