Top 10 Dates In U.S History

1. 1861. Abraham Lincoln became the United States President in 1861, declaring the Emancipation Proclamation that stated everlastingly free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.
2. April 14, 1865. Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, when present in the play, Our American Cousin, as the American Civil War was about to happen.
3. November 22, 1963. ...

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The Vietnam War

• November 1, 1963 - American/Vietnamese forces stage a coup in Vietnam.
• November 22, 1963 - Lyndon Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President.
• January 30, 1964 - 24th Amendment added to the Constitution.
• July 2, 1964 - Segregation abolished in the United States.
• August 4, 1964 - Vietnamese forces attack an American Destroyer (USS Maddox).

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