U6 Timeline by Cohen Pirkle https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2022-04-08 15:18:27 UTC 2025-11-13 13:10:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fb-1f1f3.png August 7, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Resolution - authorizes Lyndon B Johnson to take any measures he believed necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2136526062 This resulted LBJ having complete freedom in the war efforts with what he wanted to do.]]> 2022-04-08 15:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2136526062 March 16, 1969: Mai Lai Massacre - A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Lai cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2136529453 The result of this was lots of malaise and hate in the US because of what the soldiers did.]]> 2022-04-08 15:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2136529453 August 8, 1974: Richard Nixon resigns - President Nixon resigns the office of the presidency in connection with the Watergate scandal. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139275107 The result of this was Gerald Ford being put into office without even getting elected.]]> 2022-04-11 14:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139275107 September 17, 1978: Camp David Accords - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem, sign a pair of political agreements following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139276532 The result of this was Egypt regaining the Sinai Peninsula that Israel had captured during the Six-Day War in 1967.]]> 2022-04-11 14:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139276532 November 4, 1969: Tehran Hostage Crisis - United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized hostages. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139277166 This was caused from college students wanting and Iran Revolution.]]> 2022-04-11 14:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139277166 November 9, 1989: Berlin Wall Falls - As the Cold War ends, East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139278443 This was caused from pressure from President Reagan on the new Soviet Union leader.]]> 2022-04-11 14:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139278443 April 15, 1989: Tienanmen Square Protests - student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139278894 This was caused from the people of China not liking the way that communism was going.]]> 2022-04-11 14:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139278894 August 2, 1990 - February 2, 1991: Gulf War - Armed campaign waged by a United States-led coalition of 35 nations against Iraq in response to the Iraqi invasion and annexation of Kuwait. cohenp2 https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139279575 This was caused from Iraq invading Kuwait to get resources.]]> 2022-04-11 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cohenp2/kqcwst2d4obkqwpd/wish/2139279575