1960s Flashcards
(24 cards)
1
Q
kennedy elected as US president
A
1961
2
Q
paris summit collapses
A
1960
3
Q
moscow test ban treaty signed
A
1963
4
Q
khrushchev resigns, brezhnev becomes leader
A
1964
5
Q
sino-soviet border clashes
A
1969
6
Q
nixon elected as president
A
1968
7
Q
operation menu begins
A
1969
8
Q
prague spring
A
1968
9
Q
gulf of tonkin resolution passed in US congress
A
1964
10
Q
china detonates first atomic bomb
A
1964
11
Q
SALT I talks begins
A
1969
12
Q
failed bay of pigs invasion
A
1961
13
Q
warsaw pact invasion of czechoslovakia
A
1968
14
Q
tet offensive
A
1968
15
Q
nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed
A
1968
16
Q
berlin wall erected
A
1961
17
Q
vietnamisation
A
1969
18
Q
operation mongoose launched
A
1961
19
Q
My Lai massacre
A
1968
20
Q
cuban missile crisis
A
1962
21
Q
operation rolling thunder (vietnam)
A
1965
22
Q
johnson becomes president
A
1963
23
Q
brezhnev doctrine announced
A
1968
24
Q
U2 spy plane incident
A
1960
