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| 1st Man on Moon Aldrin, Buzz |  |
| 16th July Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., lifts off for the Moon |
| 1st Man on Moon Armstrong, Neil | |
| 16th July Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., lifts off for the Moon |
| 20th July Moon Neil Armstrong is 1st man on the moon |
| 20th July Moon Takes "one small step for man but a giant step for mankind" |
| 20th July Sea of Tranquillity The Eagle lands on the Sea of Tranquility near the lunar equator |
| 24th July The astronauts return to Earth, welcomed as heroes. |
| 1st Man on Moon Collins, Michael | |
| 16th July Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., lifts off for the Moon |
| 16th July Says "OK Eagle..you guys take care", watches Armstrong & Aldrin |
| 1st Moon Landing Aldrin, Buzz | |
| 20th July Steps out of the Apollo 11 module as the second man on the Moon |
| Adviser Burns, Arthur Frank | |
| Appointed Economic Adviser to President Richard Nixon |
| Arc Light Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Cambodia becomes a target for Operation Arc Light |
| Arc Light Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 15th July The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,600 |
| Oct The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,400 |
| Arrest Ray, James Earl | |
| 10th Mar London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later |
| Assassination Ray, James Earl | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid atrial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty, Ray is sentenced to a 99-year prison term |
| 10th Mar London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later |
| Band of Gypsys Hendrix, John Allen | |
| Founds the Band of Gypsys |
| Battle of Hamburger Hill Abrams, Creighton | |
| 27th May Hamburger Hill Abrams withdraws from Hamburger Hill after 241 dead |
| Boadcast Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 3rd Nov Nixon makes a TV speech appealing for the silent majority support |
| Bombing of Cambodia Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Cambodia becomes a target for Operation Arc Light |
| Bombing of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secretbombing of Cambodia |
| 18th Mar Authorizes the secretbombing of Cambodia |
| April Orders air strikes against the Nth Vietnam ese within 5 miles of the border, April-May |
| 24th April About 100 B-52s drop bombs northwest of Saigon near the Cambodia n border |
| 9th May News of the secretbombing of Cambodia is leaked to the New York Times |
| Bombing of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th July Laos Thebombing of Laos is authorized |
| Bombing of Menu Bombings Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Authorizes the secret "Menu" bombings ofCommunist base areas in Cambodia |
| Bombing of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Nixon proposes "mutual withdrawal" of troops, nobombing of NV |
| 5th June Bombing resumes on targets in Nth Vietnam |
| Brigadier General Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| Broadcast Cash, Johny | |
| 7th June Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special |
| 7th June "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV |
| Broadcast Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| 7th June Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special |
| Chief Negotiator Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Appointed Chief Negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference |
| Communists Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 23rd Feb Washington Rocket & mortar attacks are launched on 100 cities & bases throughout Sth Vietnam |
| Composition Cash, Johny | |
| Records the Album, "Johny Cash at San Quentin" |
| Composition Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces "Maybe Tomorrow" for Badfinger |
| Produces the "Space Oddity" Album for David Bowie |
| Composition Wonder, Stevie | |
| Releases Album, "My Cherie Amour" |
| Composition Zappa, Frank Vincent | |
| Release of 1st Album, "Uncle Meat" |
| Release of 2nd Album, "Hot Rats" |
| Concert of Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 29th June The last Experience concert takes place at Barry Fey's Denver Pop Festival, a three-day event held at Denver's Mile High Stadium marked by rioting and tear gas |
| Concert of Jimi Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 18th Aug Woodstock Hendrix headlines the Woods tock music festival, gives a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, a solo improvisation which became a defining moment of the 1960s |
| Crazy Horse Young, Neil | |
| Los Angeles Founder Member of Crazy Horse |
| CSN&Y Young, Neil | |
| Los Angeles Founder Member of Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young |
| Death Kerouac, Jack | |
| 21st Oct Death of Jack Kerouac |
| Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 15th Oct The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC |
| 15th Oct Washington Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington |
| 15th Nov Moratorium demonstration of 500,000 in Washington DC |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| Diplomacy Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
Washington The USA begins to relax its embargo of China  |
| Feb Paris Meets de Gaulle to agree a pact with China , seen by the State Dept as the main enemy |
| 1st Feb Washington Issues a directive to the National Security Council for a rapproachment with China |
| Diplomacy Vance, Cyrus | |
| Moscow Sent to Moscow to discuss the control of strategic weapons |
Claims Russian  help in ending the Vietnam War will bring about an arms deal but fails |
| Discovery of Moon Armstrong, Neil | |
| 20th July Sea of Tranquillity The Eagle lands on the Sea of Tranquility near the lunar equator |
| Drama Allen, Woody | |
| 12th Feb New York Makes his debut at Broadway appearing in his own play, "Play it Again, Sam" |
| Government Elbrick, Charles | |
| 9th Sep The American Ambassador in Brazil is kidnapped & exchanged for 15 Brazil ian terrorists |
| Government Laird, Melvin | |
| Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Favors American troop withdrawal from Vietnam & invents the term "Vietnam ization" |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th Jan Inaugurated President of the USA |
| 21st Feb 21-28 February, visits China to restore relations with its Government |
| 19th Dec Partially lifts the trade embargo on China |
| Guthrie Memorial Concert Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| Releases, "Nashville Skyline", a mainstream country record featuring instrumental backing by Nashville musicians |
| Hughes Medical Institute Hughes, Howard | |
| Delware Founds the Hughes Medical Institute, makes his billion-dollar-a-year weapons factory tax-exempt |
| Invasion of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 14th May Proposes withdrawal from Sth Vietnam of American & Nth Vietnam ese forces on TV |
| 8th June 25,000 troops are withdrawn |
| Massacre Hersh, Seymour | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| Massacre Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| Massacre Peers, William | |
| 28th Dec My Lai Arrives in Vietnam to lead an investigation into the My Lai Massacre |
| Menu Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 18th Mar 1st day of the secretbombing of Cambodia |
| Military Advisor Haig Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Appointed Nixon's military advisor |
| National Security Adviser Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| 26th Nov Washington Appointed National Security Adviser |
| Nixon Doctrine Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th July Guam Announces the "Nixon Doctrine" in Guam |
| Office of Economic Opportunity Rumsfeld, Donald Henry | |
| Appointed Director of the USA Office of Economic Opportunity, Assistant to the President, and a member of the President's Cabinet |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Washington The first substantive peace talks in Paris |
| 8th June Washington Announces the withdrawal of 25,000 American troops from Vietnam |
| 8th June Washington Meets President Thieu on Midway Island who supports the USA peace proposals |
| 2nd Aug Washington Meets President Ceausescu who agrees to help set up the peace talks with Nth Vietnam |
| Publication Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| Publication of, "Present at the Creation" |
| Winner of the Pulitzer Prize |
| Publication Ellesberg, Daniel | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Publication Lasch, Christopher | |
| Publication of, "The Agony of The American Left" |
| Publication Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Publication Puzo, Mario | |
| Publication of, "The Godfather" |
| Resignation Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Paris Resigns after finding the Paris Conference unproductive |
| Rule of Okinawa Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
Okinawa The USA and Japan  agree on the Return of Okinawa |
| Scandal Kennedy, Edward | |
| 18th July Chappaquidick Drives off Dike Bridge into Pucha Pond, Chappaquidick |
| 18th July Chappaquidick Mary Jo Kopechne drowns but Kennedy does not report his companion's death for 10 hrs |
| 18th July Chappaquidic Drives off Dike Bridge into Pucha Pond, Chappaquidick |
| Scandal Kopechne, Mary Jo | |
| 18th July Chappaquidick Mary Jo Kopechne drowns but Kennedy does not report his companion's death for 10 hrs |
| Scandal Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th June New York The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Secretary of Defense Laird, Melvin | |
| Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Secretary of State Rogers, William | |
| Appointed Secretary of State |
| Security Whitehouse Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 12th May Washington 1st wiretap is placed in the White House following leaks about thebombing of Cambodia |
| Speech Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 3rd Nov Washington Appeals to the "silent majority" |
| 3rd Nov Washington Says USA withdrawal would be a disaster for world peace |
| Treaty of Nuclear Non Proliferation Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| The USA and the Soviet Union signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which pledges the two nations not to divulge information that would allow additional countries to buildNuclear weapons |
| Trial Ray, James Earl | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid atrial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty, Ray is sentenced to a 99-year prison term |
| Vice President Agnew, Spiro | |
| Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Laird, Melvin | |
| Invents the term "Vietnam ization" to cover American troop withdrawals |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 6th Feb Washington Adopts a policy of "Vietnam ization", transfer burden of war from U.S. to ARVN |
| 6th Feb Washington Forms joint USA & Vietnam Armed Forces Joint General Staff |
| War Statement Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Puplishes article in "Foreign Affairs" |
