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7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress

7th August 2020
Tagged as: America, Johnson, Navy, Ship, USA, Vietnam, War

On the 7^th August 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the United States Congress.

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24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

24th February 2020
Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Democracy, Impeachment, Johnson, Law, Slavery, United States, USA

Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864.

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7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress

24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs

10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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