Question

You are a newscaster in 1965 given the task of explaining recent events to your audience. Choose one international event from the Cold War and one US event from the domestic arena that occurred in the period from the end of World War II (1945) to the present (1965).

Answer 1

International event:

The Bay of Pigs Invasion took place on April 17, 1961. During this invasion, a CIA-sponsored rebel group tried to invade the island of Cuba. The invasion was intended to overthrow the government of President Fidel Castro. However, the CIA-sponsored counter-revolutionaries were defeated within three days.

Domestic event:

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. This occurred as he was riding in a presidential motorcade with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally and Connally's wife. The person responsible for the attack was former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald.

Answer 2

July 4: The Philippines gains independence from the United States, and begins fighting communist Huk rebels (Hukbalahap Rebellion). I hope I could help! :)