| Race riots break out for six days in the Watts district of South Centeral Los Angeles. The National Guard is called in to restore order.
|
Malcolm X is shot and killed in New York City.
|
| The Voting Right Act expands the number of black voters.
| |
| The Viet Cong attacks a U.S. military compound in South Vietnam.
|
Medicare is established.
|
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. | |