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Arc Light McNamara, Robert | |
Nov McNamara agrees to Westmorland's request for 600 sorties per month, achieved in Nov |
Arc Light Westmoreland, William | |
Mar Bien Hoa The 1st of 7 radar sites is established at Bien Hoa air base |
1st July Combat Skyspot allows 3rd Air Div to place B-52s as a quick reaction force |
Nov McNamara agrees to Westmorland's request for 600 sorties per month, achieved in Nov |
Battle of Con Thien Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
July Con Thien Heavy fighting near Con Thien kills nearly 1,300 North Vietnamese troops |
Birmingham Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
April 5,000 USAtroops backed by helicopters & armored vehicles sweep nth of Saigon |
April Most battles are dictated by the Vietcong, who prove elusive |
Black Panthers Newton, Huey | |
Bobby Seale & Huey Newton found the Black Panthers |
Black Panthers Seale, Bobby | |
Bobby Seale & Huey Newton found the Black Panthers |
Bombing of Mu Gia Pass Westmoreland, William | |
11th April Mu Gia Pass B-52s bomg the Mu Gia Pass on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos |
27th April Mu Gia Pass B-52s bomg the Mu Gia Pass on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos |
Bombing of Nth Vietnam Westmoreland, William | |
B-52s strike Nth Vietnam for the 1st time |
Bombing of Vietnam Helms, Richard | |
22nd Jan Says, "increased bombing in the nth could not stop movement of supplies to the tth" |
Bombing of Vietnam Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
Washington Bombing against Nth Vietnam includes road, rail, oil depots & industrial plants |
13th May Stops bombing, instructs the Nth Vietnamese he expects "equally constructive" gestures |
15th May Washington Johnson orders a resumption of the bombing |
Chicago Freedom Movement, The King, Martin Luther | |
The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, an organization founded by Albert Raby, the combined organizations' efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM) |
Civil Disobedience King, Martin Luther | |
Growing popularity of the black power movement, blacks stressing self-reliance and self-defense, indicates King's influence was declining, especially among young blacks |
King turns toward economic issues; SCLC moves civil rights struggle to the North; opens Chicago office to organize protests against housing and employment discrimination |
Commander 3rd Marine Amphibious Force McCutcheon, Keith | |
Appointed Commander 3rd Marine Amphibious Force |
Composition of Beach Boys Wilson, Brian | |
The Beach Boys release, "Good Vibrations", no 1 in the USA & UK |
Composition of Dylan Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
The Nashville sessions produce the album "Blonde on Blonde", featuring what Dylan later calls "that thin wild mercury sound" |
Composition of Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
20th May Hendrix's first single is a cover of "Hey Joe", crafted after folk-singer Tim Rose's slower revision of the song and adapted to Hendrix's style |
Composition of Zimmerman Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
Releases Album, "Blonde on Blonde" |
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations King, Martin Luther | |
The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, an organization founded by Albert Raby, the combined organizations' efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM) |
Crimp Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
Jan Chu Chi Chu Chi is razed and patrolled but American forces fail to locate a Vietcong HQ |
8th Jan The goal of the campaign is to capture the Vietcong's headquarters near Saigon |
Demonstrations King, Martin Luther | |
The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, an organization founded by Albert Raby, the combined organizations' efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM) |
Director CIA Helms Helms, Richard | |
Appointed Director of the CIA |
Draft Refusal Ali Ali, Muhammad | |
Ali is banned from fighting in the United States and forced to accept bouts abroad for most of World for the year 1966">1966 |
Ali refuses to serve in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector, because "War is against the teachings of the Holy Qur'an" |
"I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong" and "no Vietcong ever called me nigger" |
Election Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
Elected to the House of Representatives |
Fall back Plan McNamara, Robert | |
Prepares a disengagement full-back plan because of virtual civil war in Sth Vietnam |
Governor Agnew, Spiro | |
Maryland Appointed Governor of Maryland |
Governor Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
California Appointed Governor of California |
Grateful Dead Garcia, Jerry | |
Founder Member of Grateful Dead |
Invasion of Vietnam McNamara, Robert | |
18th Jan Receives news the Nth Vietnamese will infiltrate 4,500 men a month into Sth Vietnam |
Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix, John Allen | |
Chas Chandler helps Hendrix form a new band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with guitarist-turned-bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, both British musicians |
Jimmy James and The Blue Flames Hendrix, John Allen | |
Hendrix forms his own band, Jimmy James and The Blue Flames |
Landing Quangngai Province Westmoreland, William | |
Quangngai The USAlaunches the largest amphibious operation since Inchon to land more troops |
Lieutenant General McCutcheon, Keith | |
Appointed Commander Third Marine Amphibious Force |
Mayflower Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
13th May Washington Announces a "pause" in the bombing |
15th May Washington Hanoi Radio denounces the bombing halt as a "worn out trick" |
15th May Washington Johnson orders a resumption of the bombing |
Mobilization Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
USAforces in Vietnam reach 385,000 men, plus an additional 60,000 sailors offshore |
Peace Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
2nd Feb Washington A Harris poll supports this & an increase in USAtroop levels to 500,000 |
2nd Feb Washington At a National Security Council decides to end the cease-fire |
Peace McNamara, Robert | |
23rd June Proposes Johnson negotiate with because a military solution is impossible |
Publication of Capote Capote, Truman | |
Publication of, "A Chris tmas Memory" |
Publication of, "In Cold Blood" |
Rolling Thunder Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
Washington Bombing against Nth Vietnam escalates to include road, rail, oil & industrial plants |
Sale TWA Hughes, Howard | |
Hughes sells his TWA stock for $546 million when the company faced numerous lawsuits |
Siege of Chu Chi Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
Jan Chu Chi Chu Chi is razed and patrolled but American forces fail to locate a Vietcong HQ |
Siege of Route 13 Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
30th June Route 13 On Route 13 linking Vietnam to the Cambodian border USAforces are brutally assaulted |