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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 of Ray 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 of King Ray, James Earl | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid a trial 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 secret bombing of Cambodia |
| 18th Mar Authorizes the secret bombing of Cambodia |
| April Orders air strikes against the Nth Vietnamese within 5 miles of the border, April-May |
| 24th April About 100 B-52s drop bombs northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border |
| 9th May News of the secret bombing of Cambodia is leaked to the New York Times |
| Bombing of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th July Laos The bombing of Laos is authorized |
| Bombing of Menu Bombings Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Authorizes the secret "Menu" bombings of Communist base areas in Cambodia |
| Bombing of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 25th Jan Nixon proposes "mutual withdrawal" of troops, no bombing of NV |
| 5th June Bombing resumes on targets in Nth Vietnam |
| Brigadier General Haig, Alexander Megis | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| Broadcast Cash 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 Cash 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 of Badfinger Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces "Maybe Tomorrow" for Badfinger |
| Composition of Bowie Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces the "Space Oddity" Album for David Bowie |
| Composition of Cash Cash, Johny | |
| Records the Album, "Johny Cash at San Quentin" |
| Composition of Wonder Wonder, Stevie | |
| Releases Album, "My Cherie Amour" |
| Composition of Zappa 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 of Kerouac, Jack 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 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 Washington The American Ambassador in Brazil is kidnapped & exchanged for 15 Brazilian terrorists |
| Government Laird, Melvin | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Washington Favors American troop withdrawal from Vietnam & invents the term "Vietnamization" |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th Jan Washington Inaugurated President of the USA |
| 21st Feb Washington 21-28 February, visits China to restore relations with its Government |
| 19th Dec Washington 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 Vietnamese forces on TV |
| 8th June 25,000 troops are withdrawn |
| Massacre My Lai Hersh, Seymour | |
| My Lai Seymour Hersh publishes a story about the My Lai massacre of 500 civilians |
| Massacre My Lai 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 My Lai 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 secret bombing 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 United States 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 USApeace proposals |
| 2nd Aug Washington Meets President Ceausescu who agrees to help set up the peace talks with Nth Vietnam |
| Publication of Acheson Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| Publication of, "Present at the Creation" |
| Winner of the Pulitzer Prize |
| Publication of Lasch Lasch, Christopher | |
| Publication of, "The Agony of The American Left" |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Ellesberg, Daniel | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Publication of Pentagon Papers Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 13th June The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg |
| Publication of Puzo Puzo, Mario | |
| Publication of, "The Godfather" |
| Resignation of Lodge Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Paris Resigns after finding the Paris Conference unproductive |
| Rule of Okinawa Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Okinawa The USAand 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 Defense Laird, Melvin | |
| Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Secretary 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 the bombing of Cambodia |
| Speech Nixon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 3rd Nov Washington Appeals to the "silent majority" |
| 3rd Nov Washington Says USAwithdrawal would be a disaster for world peace |
| Treaty of Nuclear Non Proliferation Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| The United States 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 of Ray Ray, James Earl | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid a trial 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 "Vietnamization" to cover American troop withdrawals |
| Vietnamization of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 6th Feb Washington Adopts a policy of "Vietnamization", 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" |
