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In a closely contested election, Democrat United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon
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John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald as he rode in a motorcade through downtown Dallas
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an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War
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A series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam
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Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary
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Former Vice President Richard Nixon defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey
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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed the first Americans on the Moon.
