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« on: June 18, 2015, 06:48:19 PM »
« edited: August 01, 2015, 08:31:27 AM by GM DKrol »

Presidents

35. John F. Kennedy, 1961-1965
36. Prescott Bush, 1965-1973
37. George Romney, 1973-1974
38. Ronald Reagan, 1974-1977

39. Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
40. Bob Dole, 1981-1985
41. Ted Kennedy, 1985-Present

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Camelot Rises 3.0


"Friends, Colleagues, Members of the Press, I am here today - on this 13th of October in the year 1963 - to announce my intentions to seek a second term as President of the United States. When I first ran, four years ago, I ran on the promise of a new president for the new decade. This decade is far from over, just as my hopes for this nation are far from over. We will continue to fight for the cause of civil rights just a fiercely as we have fought in the race to command outer space. We will continue to rally against poverty just as firmly as we rallied against complete nuclear destruction. We will begin the battle for healthcare just as we began the battle for workers' rights."


"Hello. I am Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut. I've requested this time tonight to speak directly to you - the American people - about an issue of the utmost important. For the past four years, we've seen the over politicization of our nation. We've seen sensible debate be torn asunder by partisan attacks and baseless accusations. We've seen the most bitter personal attacks employed in politics since the anti-Catholic accusations used against Al Smith in 1928. That is why I'm announcing my candidacy for President of the United States of America. It is my goal to see American return to the practical policies that spurred our nation to greatness."
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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 08:22:56 AM »

The 1964 Republican Nomination


Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
NATO Supreme Commander Lauris Norstad
No Contest/Favorite Son

The 1964 Republican Primary was a slogfest. Senator Prescott Bush, a well known Wall Street businessman, was the front-runner simply based on name recognition. Several other candidates through their hats into the race - Senator Barry Goldwater (leader of the Conservative Faction), Governor Nelson Rockefeller (standard-bearer of the Moderate Faction), and NATO Supreme Commander Lauris Norstad (running as the successor to Eisenhower). Rockefeller and Bush battled each other for the hearts and minds of "Middle America" and it appeared their fighting would leave Goldwater to steal the nomination. However, Rockefeller's 1963 marriage to divorcee Margaretta caused his numbers to plummet. Norstad failed to gain any major traction in the race, winning his few states on the backs of veterans who were watching Kennedy's actions in Vietnam.

That left the major contest to be between Bush and Goldwater. Bush ran as a middle-of-the-road pragmatist while Goldwater painted himself as a champion of American values. When asked about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Goldwater said he would not vote for it. That made him very popular in the South - where only one primary was held (He claimed 78% in the Texas primary) - and very polarized elsewhere. This put Goldwater and Bush (who had sponsored civil rights legislation in the Senate) in direct contrast. The major fight in 1964 was over West Virginia. Goldwater appealed to the more rural voters, while Bush was received by the city and suburban folk. Bush ended up carrying the state by a handful of votes due to his extensive GOTV campaign.

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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 02:06:56 PM »

Thoughts, questions, or comments?
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 06:09:23 PM »

Awesome!
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2015, 06:50:49 PM »

The '64 Conventions


The Democratic Party gathered in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Boardwalk Hall. President Kennedy's renomination was never in doubt and he was voted in by acclamation. The Vice Presidency is where the battle was fought. Vice President Johnson was never beloved by the Kennedy Family or the new, liberal wing of the party. He was challenged by Senators Hubert Humphrey and Thomas Dodd, as well as Governor George Wallace. President Kennedy publicly remained quiet on the issue, while his brothers and father were lobbying on behalf of Senator Humphrey in the background. At the convention Vice President Johnson achieved a very slim majority of delegates after three ballots although his relationship with the Kennedy family and the President was heavily strained thereafter. President Kennedy's acceptance speech was little of note, however it was picked up on by the media that he appeared "out of it" while speaking. It was later (in the 1978 best seller My Time in Camelot by Kenneth O'Donnell) that President Kennedy was high on pain killers for his back.


Senator Prescott Bush and his team faced little opposition at the Republican Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. Senator Bush made it known that he would not tolerate any of the extreme-social conservative policies Senator Barry Goldwater had advocated for in the primary, which put a cap on who would be considered for his running mate. Days before the Convention, Bush's campaign director H.R. Haldeman told senior party officials that Senator Bush wanted to be joined on the ticket by Governor George Romney of Michigan. The Convention Delegates put up little opposition and gave Senator Bush what he wanted. In his acceptance speech, Senator Bush lambasted President Kennedy for being soft on the Soviets, as well as the failure of the Bay of Pigs while praising his own accomplishments in the Senate, such as environmental policy and pragmatism.

Polling, Post Convention
Pres. John Kennedy/Vice President Lyndon Johnson (D) - 42%
Sen. Prescott Bush/Governor George Romney (R) - 39%
Unsure - 19%
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2015, 09:35:39 AM »

Great TL, although Humphrey would never try or become VP in 1964 after what happened in 1960 primaries where the Kennedy's ran a pretty dirty race (accused Humphrey of being a draft dodger, outspend him about 1000%)- Basically HHH hated the Kennedy's.

However it's always interesting to think what could have happened to LBJ-I think he would have stayed on the ticket but his rising ethics issue, his relationship with bobby and his general attitude meant there was a chance that Smathers could be put on the ticket. Basically the Kennedy's needed a southerner on the ticket,

Bush v Kennedy would be very interesting. Both northeast ivory tower liberals, literally the two most similar candidates since well never. Very much looking forward to it!
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2015, 05:56:08 PM »

The General Election


President Kennedy ran his campaign in 1964 on the promise of maintaining the status quo in foreign policy and eliminating poverty domestically. During a speech at George Washington University on June 2, 1964, President Kennedy announced the formation of The President's Commission on Poverty in America - to be headed by Attorney General Bobby Kennedy. President Kennedy said "In this modern day, we cannot sit by and allow the youth to slip into the cracks of extreme poverty". He also pressed forward on Civil Rights, going as far as to say that "the next Justice I seat on the Supreme Court will be a negro". President Kennedy, remembering the success of his 1960 debate against Richard Nixon, made several calls for a 1964 debate. Senator Bush did not accept.


Senator Bush ran as private businessman who knew how to accomplish tasks. One of the first policy proposals he put out was the 7% cut in taxes on businesses, saying "It is businesses that create jobs". On Civil Rights, Bush preached a policy of "steady progress" - a policy that was mostly pressed by Governor Romney (as Bush feared this policy would cost him the South). Senator Bush also announced his strategy for combating poverty, saying "The key to success in life, both personally and financially, is a strong education" and proposing a federal scholarship program to help those who need it pay for college. Bush spoke little on foreign policy during the general election, although he was sure to stress his opposition to the Soviets.

Polling, November 1st
Sen. Prescott Bush/Governor George Romney (R) - 44%
Pres. John Kennedy/Vice President Lyndon Johnson (D) - 42%
Unsure - 14%
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2015, 06:23:24 PM »

Go Kennedy!
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2015, 10:06:39 PM »

Election Day 1964

√ Senator Prescott Bush (R-CT)/Governor George Romney (R-MI) - 331
President John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX) - 206

Senator Bush was able to defeat a popular, incumbent president by a rather comfortable margin. His ground campaign was superb. Going in to Election Day, Bush and H.R. Haldeman set out a series of key states to focus all of their energy and resources on. They were comfortable with their chances winning the Nixon states from 1960 and they felt confident in turning over a few Southern states due to President Kennedy's embracing of Civil Rights. They were able to use Governor Romney's clout to turn over Michigan and Minnesota and Bush's home state advantage to win Connecticut. Bush spent many days of the final weeks of the campaign pressing hard in Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Arkansas. Combined with feelings over Civil Rights in Missouri and Arkansas, Senator Bush was able to score a victory - when the other Southern States, Mississippi and Alabama, swapped over to the Republican column.

The newest hope for a political dynasty had fallen - John F. Kennedy had failed his father - and the newest war between political families had just begun.

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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2015, 04:52:53 PM »
« Edited: July 05, 2015, 07:48:57 AM by CR Secretary DKrol »

1964 Congressional Elections

Senate

Democrats - 67 Seats (+1), Led by Sen. Mike Mansfield
Republicans - 33 Seats (-1), Led by Sen. Everett Dirksen

Notable Races:

NEW YORK
Incumbent Senator Kenneth Keating defeated a minor Democratic Congressman after Attorney General Bobby Kennedy decided to remain in his brother's administration rather than seek the seat.

CALIFORNIA
Incumbent appointee Pierre Salinger lost election to a full term to Republican Actor George Murphy.

ARIZONA
Incumbent Senator Barry Goldwater survived a close re-election effort against former Senatorial aide Roy Elson.

House

 

Democrats, Led by Speaker John McCormack - 279 (+21)



Republicans, Led by Minority Leader Jerry Ford - 155 (-21)
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The Bush I Administration


The Executive Branch
President: Prescott S. Bush
Vice President: George W. Romney
Secretary of State: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury: Juan T. Trippe
Secretary of Defense: Robert B. Anderson
Attorney General: Robert H. Bork
Postmaster General: Frederick W. Ford
Secretary of the Interior: Stewart L. Udall
Secretary of Agriculture: Wallace F. Bennett
Secretary of Commerce: Frederic G. Donner
Secretary of Labor: Guy O. Farmer
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Commissioner of Transportation: Lowell K. Bridwell (From 1966 on)

1965
  • President Bush personally leads the American Delegation to the funeral of Winston Churchill
  • President Bush announces large scale cutbacks to NASA and the Space Program in his First Budget, as well as tax cuts for businesses
  • Civil Rights leader Malcom X is assassinated in New York City
  • President Bush and Secretary Anderson announce a shift in the U.S. Policy towards Vietnam. The United States will only provide "strategic assistance" to the Vietnamese rather than boots on the ground or arms
  • Hundreds of protesters are attacked in Selma, Alabama by State Police as they march for Civil Rights. Vice President Romney travels to Selma and meets with Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • President Bush, in a speech to Congress, calls for the advancement of the Civil Rights Agenda but does not give any firm timetable for new legislation
  • During a second march in Selma, Vice President Romney marches with the African Americans. Federal Marshals relieve State Police from security detail and the event goes smoothly
  • Approximately 1,000 U.S. Marines are airlifted in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to remove Communist President Juan Bosch from power and ensure the failure of a Communist Government
  • President Bush fights back against growing calls from the international community to commit troops to Vietnam
  • Several minutes after launch, the Gemini 4 mission ended in disaster as the rocket exploded, killing both of the men on board. Many view this as a sign to dial back the Space Race even more, while others blame President Bush for their deaths. He attends the funerals as a sign of solidarity
  • Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou is dismissed by King Constantine II
  • President Bush, working with Secretary Trippe and Secretary McConnell, presents The American Social Welfare Act of 1965 to Congress. The bill calls for the establishment of a Federal Grant-based scholarship program, the expansion of the Food Stamp program, and an investigation into a safety net for the retired community
  • Race riots break out in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. After 11 deaths, Governor Pat Brown declares the riots a "crisis" and ask President Bush for assistance. The Army arrives five days later. Allegations are made that President Bush delayed deploying the Army because the riots were in African American communities
  • Pope Paul VI opens the fourth period of the Second Vatican Council. He visits the United States later in the year, meeting with President Bush and Congressional Leaders. Notably, he refuses to meet with Vice President Romney for his Mormon faith
  • President Bush signs legislation ending the quota immigration system
  • A dozen Marines are airlifted into Havana in an attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro and install a U.S-backed puppet. They're cover is blown and they are forced to make a rapid escape, leaving two dead. This is labeled as President Bush's Bay of Pigs
  • Several hundred Cuban refugees arrive in Miami. Many of the men are hired by the CIA to prepare further anti-Castro operations
  • Associate Justice Arthur Golderg resigns. President Bush appoints D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Warren E. Burger to fill the seat
  • A pro-Vietnam War march draws 30,000 in Washington, D.C. There is an equal sized anti-Vietnam War march in New York City
  • President Bush announces his support for the British armed suppression of a rebellion in Rhodesia
  • The Viet Cong win a strategic battle in the Ia Drang Valley, forcing the Southern Vietnamese and their allies back to Da Lat
  • The Soviets launch Venera 3 towards Venus
  • Secretary Lodge announces a trade embargo against the newly-declared independent Rhodesia
  • Warren E. Burger is confirmed and sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court days before the Congress goes on its holiday recess

1966

  • The last American troops leave the Dominican Republic, following the installation of Joaquin Balaguer as President
  • Transportation workers in New York City go on strike. Mayor John Lindsey uses the NYPD to break the strike
  • The Georgia State House of Representatives refuses to seat Julian Bond, an African American. President Bush sends in Federal Marshals to ensure Bond's safety but says he has "no right" to force the state to accept Bond's election
  • The American Social Welfare Act of 1965 is signed into law by President Bush
  • President Bush holds a conference - the Honolulu Conference - in Hawaii to discuss increasing U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Attendees include Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam, Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Britain, and Caudillo Francisco Franco of Spain
  • After several months the Gemini program continues, with Gemini 5 successfully launching and reaching orbit before returning safely home
  • Following the success of the integrated Texas West Miners, President Bush forms the Presidential Commission on Integration in Athletics and Education. Vice President Romney is tapped for Chair, with other notable members including former President Kennedy and acting Football Commissioner Austin Gunsel
  • At the advise of many military advisers, President Bush announces that the U.S. will begin a bombing campaign in North Vietnam. He pledges no American troops will fight on the ground in Vietnam, and promises t o have all pilots and support staff home by Christmas
  • Hundreds of Buddhist monks are slaughtered in Vietnam by the Viet Cong
  • Leonid Brezhnev takes command of the Soviet Union. He gives a fiery television address in which he slams the U.S. for bombing Vietnam
  • Far reaching Civil Rights legislation, proposed by President Bush and Vice President Romney, is introduced in the Senate. It calls for the mass expansion of Voting Rights to African Americans as well as making discrimination based on race in hiring illegal
  • An American pilot, John S. McCain, is shot down and taken prisoner in Hanoi. His father, a high ranking Navy Admiral, personally appeals with President Bush to have his son released
  • Thanks to assistance of heavy U.S. air strikes, Da Nag is won by the South Vietnamese. This is considered a turning point of the war
  • A missile, launched from the USS Beale, destroys several government buildings in Havana. Fidel pledges retribution against the U.S.
  • Gene Cernan, captain of Gemini 9, completes the first successful space walk
  • Race riots break out in Chicago over the shooting of a Puerto Rican boy. Mayor Daley suppresses the riots without Federal or State assistance
  • In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court votes 5-4 in favor of Arizona, affirming the ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court. Justice Burger is the deciding vote and writes the opinion, concurred with Justices Harlan, White, Clark, and Stewart. Chief Justice Warren writes the dissent, joined by Justices Black, Douglas, and Brennan
  • UN Secretary General U That and British Prime Minister Wilson travel to Moscow to work out a peace agreement in Vietnam. Premier Brezhnev declines the meeting, instead sending several minor members of the Politburo, a major offense
  • Bob Dylan is killed in a motorcycle accident near his home. Thousands attend a memorial service held on a diary farm in nearby Bethel
  • While marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of other Civil Rights activist in Detroit, Vice President Romney is struck by a rock thrown from the crowd. An investigation reveals that King was the intended target
  • Following the crash of Braniff Flight 250, many call for increased regulations on the air travel industry
  • Due to John McCain's continued detention as a POW, President Bush asks Congress to authorize a formal declaration of war against North Vietnam
  • In a massive upset, forces aided by U.S. air superiority defeat a Viet Cong force four times larger near Phouc Toy
  • Dr. Timothy Leary leads a seminar in the medicinal and spiritual impacts of LSD and psychotropic drugs. He is fired from Harvard University over this
  • The United States Department of Transportation is founded. President Bush appoints Federal Highway Administrator Lowell K. Bridwell to lead it as Commissioner of Transportation
  • Congress passes a formal declaration of war against Vietnam in a bipartisan 62-40-2 vote in the Senate and a 311-120-4 vote in the House
  • The AFL-NFL Merger is approved by Attorney General Bork
  • The first serious peace talks regarding Vietnam open in Tokyo. Secretary Cabot Lodge represents the United States. He carries a personal message from President Bush demanding the immediate release of John McCain and four other Americans held as POWs
  • The 1966 midterms are held
  • The S.S. Daniel J. Morrell sinks in a storm

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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2015, 09:05:02 PM »


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1966 Congressional Elections

Senate

Democrats - 61 Seats (-6), Led by Sen. Mike Mansfield
Republicans - 39 Seats (+6), Led by Sen. Everett Dirksen

Notable Races:

MINNESOTA
Incumbent Senator Hubert Humphrey resigned his Senate seat in early 1965, citing health reason. Walter Mondale was appointed to the seat, although he lost the race for a full term to Robert A. Forsythe

OREGON
Incumbent Senator Maureen Brown Neuberger retired and Governor Mark Hatfield won the race for her seat

OKLAHOMA
Incumbent Senator Fred Harris fell to attorney Pat Patterson by less than 1%

House

Democrats, Led by Speaker John McCormack - 230 (-49)



Republicans, Led by Minority Leader Jerry Ford - 204 (+49)

Analysis

The 1966 Midterms were an anomaly. They saw the President's party actually gain seats in both houses. President Bush campaigned heavily for Senate candidates, stressing that he needed a majority in at least one house in order to properly combat the Communists. The President's limited actions towards Vietnam and his strong defense of POWs such as John McCain helped his popularity among veterans and those with sons on active duty. He made himself an active face on the campaign trail, tying himself to candidates.

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Earl Warren (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice Tom C. Clark (Truman)
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2015, 09:26:50 PM »

Good update - maybe we'll see a Republican House in a few years!
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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2015, 10:07:19 AM »

The Bush I Administration Part Deux


The Executive Branch
President: Prescott S. Bush
Vice President: George W. Romney
Chief of Staff: H.R. Haldeman 1966-1968, Sherman Adams 1968, John D. Lodge 1968-1969
Secretary of State: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1965-1968, John Hay Whitney 1968-1969
Secretary of the Treasury: Juan T. Trippe 1965-1969, R. Dean Burch 1969
Secretary of Defense: Robert B. Anderson 1965-1966, Lauris Norstad 1966-1968, Robert S. McNamara 1968-1969
Attorney General: Robert H. Bork 1965-1968, Duke W. Dunbar 1968-1969
Postmaster General: Frederick W. Ford 1965-1967, John F. Collins 1967-1969
Secretary of the Interior: Stewart L. Udall 1965-1969
Secretary of Agriculture: Wallace F. Bennett 1965-1968, Ezra Taft Benson 1968-1969
Secretary of Commerce: Frederic G. Donner 1965-1969
Secretary of Labor: Guy O. Farmer 1965-1967, George P. Shultz 1967-1969
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. 1965-1969, Albert C. Jacobs 1969
Commissioner of Transportation: Lowell K. Bridwell 1966-1979

1967

  • Associate Justice Tom C. Clark announces his plans for retirement. President Bush appoints Attorney General Robert Bork to the seat
  • The first American ground troops are deployed to Saigon in an effort to enhance security in advance of Vice President Romney's tour of Vietnam
  • The United Kingdom nationalizes their steel industry
  • In the first launch of the Apollo Program, three Americans are killed due to a failure of a valve to properly close during liftoff. President Bush announces an immediate halt to any manned space flights
  • The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution - outlining the rules of President succession and Vice Presidential vacancies - is enacted
  • Many actors and screen writers go on strike, leaving most stations with nothing to play. Newly Inaugurated Governor Ronald Reagan (R-CA) serves as a major negotiator in the strike
  • Secretary Lodges announces that the final touches are being worked out for a peace in Vietnam. Vice President Romney travels to Saigon to meet with local officials and U.S. troops
  • Robert Bork is sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court after the most contentious confirmation hearing of the century. He passes due to a coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans
  • In a referendum, the people of Tennessee vote to uphold the Butler Act 54%-46%
  • North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh and several other Communist leaders are killed in a U.S. airstrike
  • The U.S., U.K., and U.S.S.R sign a treaty, banning the use of nuclear weapons in outer space
  • Israel occupies the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and Golan Heights after a victory in the 6-Day War. President Bush calls on Israel to leave the Sinai, without commenting on other expansions
  • The U.S.S. Liberty is sunk by an Israel plane. President Bush launches a series of surface-to-surface missile strikes against key targets in Tel Aviv
  • In Loving v. Virginia the Supreme Court rules that bans on interracial marriage are unconstitutional in a 7-2 vote. Chief Justice Warren writes the opinion (joined by Justices Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, and Burger) while Associate Justices Black and Bork concurred in the dissent
  • Communist China tests its first hydrogen bomb, drawing ire from the international community
  • President Bush and Premier Alexei Kosygin meet in Paris at a conference on the use of nuclear weaponry. They put out a joint statement condemning the Chinese and Chairman Mao
  • Race riots break out in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut over various arrests or shootings by police involving people of color
  • The Tokyo Peace Accord of 1967 is signed by Vice President Romney, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi, South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh, and North Vietnamese President Ton Duc Thang. The Treaty calls for a coalition government until free elections, supervised by the U.N., can be held, as well as the immediate release of all POWs
  • President Bush's popularity soars to a peak 61% nationally
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1967 is passed in both houses of Congress and signed by the President
  • An American plan is shot down in China. The pilot is captured
  • Che Guevara is captured an executed in Bolivia
  • War flares up once again between Egypt and Israel
  • John S. McCain III, now a national celebrity, lands on U.S. soil. He is badly injured and requires a wheel chair to move about
  • The Saturn V rocket successfully launches an unmanned satellite program into orbit
  • President Bush, calling the expansion of education "a profoundly American right", signs the Public Broadcasting Act and established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • A U.N. brokered Israel-Arab peace plan collapses
  • Queen Elizabeth II travels to the United States and meets with President Bush. She also opens a new memorial in Boston for soldiers that fought in the European Theater World War II

1968

  • The U.S.S. Peublo is seized off the cost of North Korea
  • Only months after the signing of the Tokyo Peace Accords the Vietnamese Communists break it - launching a series of guerrilla attacks against Democratic Officials
  • President Bush announces he's seeking a second term as President
  • Congress revokes the requirement for a gold reserve for U.S. currency over President Bush's objection
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. is killed in Tennessee. Massive riots break out across the country. Rioters loot stores, burn cars, and assault officials. Attorney General Dunbar is attacked as he got into his car, suffering several cuts and bruises before police can rescue him
  • President Bush signs an expanded Civil Rights Act into law, this one dealing with issues of housing and education inequality
  • President Bush orders further air strikes against "communist strongholds" in Vietnam. Reports indicate some airstrikes may have actually hit Laos and Cambodia "on accident"
  • Pope Paul VI officially condemns birth control
  • the Republican and Democratic National Conventions are held in Miami and Chicago, respectively
  • The Miss America pageant is protested by feminists
  • A referendum in Greece supports the military junta of Georgios Papdopoulos
  • The Saturn V rocket launches Apollo 7, the final unmanned test before a proposed manned launch into Lunar orbit
  • President Bush begins a massive carpet bombing of Vietnam code named Operation Jungle Lightening. In a televised address days before the election, he tells Americans "We can no longer tell the difference between our friends and our enemies in Vietnam. There is no North and South Vietnam at this point - there is only Vietnam, a dangerous, Communist Vietnam"
  • The 1968 Presidential Election is held
  • Yale University admits its first female student
  • David Eisenhower, grandson of former President Dwight Eisenhower, marries Nancy Walker Ellis, granddaughter of President Bush, in a White House ceremony
  • Apollo 8 launches on Christmas Day, successfully entering orbit around the Moon

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Earl Warren (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
Associate Justice Robert H. Bork (Bush)
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2015, 12:01:07 PM »

The 1968 Democratic Nomination

Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota
Former Vice President Lyndon Johnson of Texas
Governor George Wallace of Alabama
Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts
No Contest/Favorite Son

Vietnam was the central issue of the Democratic Primary in 1968, especially after the failure of the Tokyo Peace Accords. One question was asked of each candidate every time they appeared in public - "Where do you stand on Vietnam and what are you going to do about it?" Senator McCarthy ran a firmly anti-war campaign, stressing that he would immediately end any and all operations in Vietnam immediately. That message resonated well with college age voters who feared the chance of a draft being put in place if a large-scale ground war was required. Former Vice President Lyndon Johnson said that he would "Get the job done" with respect to Vietnam, hinting at large-scale ground operations but never outright saying it. The only major candidate who didn't almost exclusively campaign on Vietnam was Governor Wallace. He stressed the dangers of mixing races and promised the preservation of "the American way of life that President Bush has destroyed". He carried only one state - Florida, due to the large turnout in the panhandle and the vote splitting go on between McCarthy, Johnson, and Kennedy. Senator Kennedy ran as a newer version of his brother John and promised a "limited, strategic" approach to Vietnam as well as complete and total Civil Rights expansion. Going in to the convention in Chicago, Senator McCarthy held the lead in delegate totals. He was followed closely by former Vice President Johnson. Whom Senator Kennedy chose to endorse would have a big impact - being with one Kennedy came all the Kennedys.
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« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2015, 06:29:41 PM »

The '68 Conventions


Former Senator Hubert Humphrey and Senator Edmund Muskie wave to the convention upon their arrival

Going into the Convention, there was little certainty in the nomination. Senator Eugene McCarthy, former Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and former Governor George Wallace all had strong claims to the nomination with their bases: McCarthy had the new, edgy liberals; Johnson had the establishment; Wallace had the traditional Southern Democrats. Senator Ted Kennedy found himself being pulled at by both the McCarthy and Johnson camps while Wallace worked with Governor Lester Maddox, Senator John Stennis, and Senator Robert Byrd. The first round of voting saw Johnson take a small lead, still rather far from a majority though. Wallace received the smallest share of votes, leading him to walk out of the convention and declare a bid for president under the American Independent Party banner. With Wallace's departure, several old allies of Johnson were freed up. He also won the Kennedy backing after promising a position to Kennedy family member Sargent Shriver - the Vice Presidency. On the second ballot, former Vice President Lyndon Johnson was nominated for the Presidency with businessman Sargent Shriver as his running mate.
 

Former Vice President Richard Nixon shortly after giving a speech applauding President Bush

President Bush and Vice President Romney were renominated without much news from the convention. They both received the nomination by a voice vote.

Polling, Post Convention
President Prescott Bush (R-CT)/Vice President George Romney (R-MI) - 43%
Former Vice President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Mr. Sargent Shriver (D-MD) - 30%
Former Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/Senator John Stennis (AI-MS) - 27%
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« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2015, 07:32:56 PM »

Interesting. Vietnam doesn't seem to have been as bad. But, we get Robert Bork on the Supreme Court. Yikes.

I'm guessing that Bush will easily break 350 EV unless something crazy happens.
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« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2015, 08:43:16 PM »

Interesting. Vietnam doesn't seem to have been as bad. But, we get Robert Bork on the Supreme Court. Yikes.

I'm guessing that Bush will easily break 350 EV unless something crazy happens.

Vietnam started much later since there was no Gulf of Tonkin (I am of the mind that Johnson and his party forged things to get their desired result) and only really picked up at the end of '67.

Bork is less controversial at this point in time and the sway of the activist groups that destroyed him IOTL is far less.
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« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2015, 11:00:03 PM »

The General Election


President Prescott S. Bush ran his campaign as a war time president, drawing parallels to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. He promised to "stay the course" in Vietnam, promising to get the job done before he left office - "This is not an issue we can kick down the road, nor is it something I would feel comfortable passing on to my successor". On Civil Rights, Bush pointed at his strong record of signing "impressive" measures protecting the rights of African Americans. Notably, Bush left most of the active campaigning to Vice President George Romney, saying "It would be inappropriate" to be campaigning while American boys were at war.


Former Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson ran a combative campaign. He called out President Bush's failure to handle Cuba and Fidel Castro and his inability to "wrap things up" in Vietnam. If elected, Johnson promised to "take any and all steps necessary" to combat the spread of Communism in Vietnam. From the beginning, he faced questions over his age and health - the news of his '55 heart attack was commonplace - but he countered by saying he would "serve this country until the Lord" took him away. On Civil Rights he said that he support President Bush's legislation but said he would take "the ultimate step" in appointing an African American to the Supreme Court.


Former Governor George C. Wallace never planned on winning the White House. In a letter to staffers days after leading a walk out of the Democratic Convention and joining the American Independent Party, Wallace said that he would be "the decider" of the election. He campaign heavily in Florida, the only state where he won a primary, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. It was Wallace's strategy to win as many Southern States as possible and force the election to the House of Representatives - where he could (in theory) play kingmaker and extract major concessions from (most likely) President Bush. Wallace ran on a platform built around maintaining segregation and Jim Crow laws. His position on Vietnam was this: "If I cannot win it in the first 90 days, all troops will come home immediately".

Polling, November 1*
President Prescott Bush (R-CT)/Vice President George Romney (R-MI) - 53%
Former Vice President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Mr. Sargent Shriver (D-MD) - 25%
Former Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/Senator John Stennis (AI-MS) - 22%

* These polls were taken the day after President Bush's 'There is Only Vietnam' Speech
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« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2015, 04:48:15 PM »

Election Day 1968

√  President Prescott Bush (R-CT)/Vice President George Romney (R-MI) - 384
Former Governor George Wallace (AI-AL)/Senator John Stennis (AI-MS) - 89
Former Vice President Lyndon Johnson (D-TX)/Mr. Sargent Shriver (D-MD) - 65

Running a campaign centered around the need for consistency in the Oval Office and, as some would say, fear mongering with the "There Is Only Vietnam" speech, President Bush was able to win re-election by the largest margin since President Franklin Roosevelt's in 1936. He was aided by the vote-splitting between Democratic candidate Lyndon Johnson and American Independent candidate George Wallace.  The new liberal base of the Democrats voted for Johnson, while the more traditional base went for the segregationist ticket of Wallace and Stennis. President bush carried nearly every demographic: Men, Women, Whites, African Americans, those with college degrees, those without college degrees, and wealthy families. Johnson carried Hispanics and Wallace carried lower income families.
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« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2015, 06:28:01 PM »

1968 Congressional Elections

Senate

Democrats - 53 (-8), Led by Sen. Mike Mansfield
Republicans - 47 (+8), Led by Sen. Everett Dirksen

KEY RACES

IOWA
State representative David Stanley was able to defend the seat of longtime Senator Bourke Hickenlooper.

CONNECTICUT
A longtime opponent of President Bush, Senator Abraham Ribicoff, fell to former Congressman Edwin May, Jr. President Bush campaigned heavily for May.

MISSOURI
In a rare bright spot for the Democrats, Thomas Eagleton was able to hold the seat of Edward Long against Congressman and Economist Thomas Curtis in the closest race of the night.

House


Democrats, Led by Speaker John McCormack - 218 (-12)



Republicans, Led by Minority Leader Jerry Ford - 216 (+12)

Analysis

President Bush had large coattails - too short to gain a majority in either house, but large enough to cut the Democratic majorities to almost nothing. His strong calls for national unity in the face of the growing Vietnamese threat helped to rally voters to his party. The rumors that Chief Justice Earl Warren was planning to retire also pushed President Bush to strive for a Republican Senate to give him an easy confirmation process with his third Supreme Court appointment. After leading his caucus through two disasters elections, Senator Mike Mansfield was removed as Senate Majority Leader and replaced by Senator Ted Kennedy in January of 1969.

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Earl Warren (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
Associate Justice Robert H. Bork (Bush)
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« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2015, 06:43:22 PM »

Good update - Romney '72!
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« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2015, 10:06:37 PM »

The Bush II Administration


The Executive Branch
President: Prescott S. Bush
Vice President: George W. Romney
Chief of Staff: H.R. Haldeman 1966-1968, Sherman Adams 1968, John D. Lodge 1968-1970, Alexander Haig 1970-1973
Secretary of State: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1965-1968, John Hay Whitney 1968-1971, Henry A. Kissinger 1971-1973
Secretary of the Treasury: Juan T. Trippe 1965-1969, R. Dean Burch 1969-1973
Secretary of Defense: Robert B. Anderson 1965-1966, Lauris Norstad 1966-1968, Robert S. McNamara 1968-1970, Donald H. Rumsfeld 1970-1973
Attorney General: Robert H. Bork 1965-1968, Duke W. Dunbar 1968-1973
Postmaster General: Frederick W. Ford 1965-1967, John F. Collins 1967-1972, Winton M. Blount 1972-1973
Secretary of the Interior: Stewart L. Udall 1965-1972, Walter J. Hickel 1972-1973
Secretary of Agriculture: Wallace F. Bennett 1965-1968, Ezra Taft Benson 1968-1971, Charles A. Thomas 1971-1973
Secretary of Commerce: Frederic G. Donner 1965-1973, Arthur F. Burns 1973
Secretary of Labor: Guy O. Farmer 1965-1967, George P. Shultz 1967-1973
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. 1965-1969, Albert C. Jacobs 1969-1973
Commissioner of Transportation: Lowell K. Bridwell 1966-1970, John A. Volpe 1970-1973
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Gaylord A. Nelson 1969-1972, Stewart L. Udall 1972-1973

1969

  • The balance of the Senate shifts to 52 Democrats to 48 Republicans due to the death of Senator Bob Bartlett (D-AK) and the appointment of Ted Stevens (R-AK) as his successor
  • Several thousand gallons of oil gush out of Union Oil's rig off the coast of California, leading to extreme pollution of the Santa Barbara beach. President Bush signs the Environmental Protection Agency into law in response
  • Chief Justice Earl Warren announces his retirement as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Faced with his third appointment to the Court, President Bush chooses to elevate sitting Justice Potter Stewart to Chief Justice and place Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Blackmun on the Court
  • The Boeing 747 makes its debut
  • After 5 months, President Bush declares Operation Jungle Thunder a "success" and initiates a new phase in the war effort - the establishment of a democratic Vietnam. 17,000 American soldiers are sent to Vietnam to begin the process of establishing a government
  • NASA launches Mariner 6, a probe aiming to explore Mars
  • both Chief Justice Potter Stewart and Associate Justice Harry Blackmun are sworn in days before the Supreme Court begins a new term
  • In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District the Supreme Court rules 8 (Chief Justice Stewart, joined by Justices Douglas, Harlan, White, Brennan, Burger, Bork and Blackmun) to 1 (Justice Black) that the a student or teacher's First Amendment Rights do not end at the school house gate
  • The first causality in the new phase of the Vietnam War happens as an American soldier is killed by a land mine in Khe Shan
  • Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower dies at age 79. He lays in State in the Capitol Rotunda before a service is held at the National Cathedral. President Bush, in his eulogy, discusses how the late President was a "father figure" to the nation
  • The medical condition that led to the death of Robert Rayford baffles America's best doctors
  • Riots break out in New York City over a police raid of a gay-friendly bar, the Stonewall Inn. Gay rights activists and gay residents of Greenwich Village clash with police for several nights until Vice President Romney, the Bush Administrations go-to negotiator for national crises, arrives and mediates a peace between the two groups
  • Secretary Burch announces that the $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills will be removed from circulation. There was speculation that the $500 bill would also be removed
  • Former President John F. Kennedy is shot by Palestinian national Sirhan Sirhan as Kennedy left a speaking engagement at Harvard University. Kennedy was walking the rope line and shaking hands with admirers when Sirhan jumped the security line and fired 7 shots directly at Kennedy. He was declared dead on arrival at Massachusetts General Hospital while Sirhan was arrested immediately
  • Apollo 10, designed as a final test before a manned flight to the Moon, is successful until it attempts to reenter the atmosphere. A heat shield was not properly installed and became loose and ineffective upon reentry, leaving the capsule to burn and kill all three astronauts on board.
  • In a speech to the nation, President Bush officially ends "the great space experiment", ordering a moratorium on all manned space operations
  • President Bush makes a surprise to Vietnam. He meets with U.S. troops and Vietnamese General Hoang Xuan Lam, the strongman the CIA and US forces were fighting to install as president
  • In a series of murders, Sharon Tate and several of her associates, as well as Mr. and Mrs. LaBianca, are murdered in excessively cruel ways. It takes several days before members of the cult-crime family lead by Charles Manson are captured by Federal Marshals
  • Severe border clashes break out between the Soviets and the Chinese, leading Chinese Chairman Mao to withdraw most of his troops from Vietnam. President Bush orders a massive push by U.S. troops to secure the nation before the Chinese can return
  • Hurricane Camille causes billions of dollars of damage to the Mississippi coast. Vice President Romney travels to Mississippi and meets with the victims of the hurricane
  • Willie Mays hits his 600th career home run. President Bush, a baseball fan, invites Mays to the Oval Office to congratulate him
  • The Beatles release Abbey Road
  • An anti-war protest takes place on the Capitol grounds. Although small in size, the protest gained large scale media coverage after President Bush ordered Federal Marshals to remove the protesters from federal property
  • Pele scores his 1,000th career goal
  • President Bush promises to return Okinawa to the Japanese by 1972
  • The Altamont Free Concert ends in riots and looting
  • Due to increased deficit spending during full employment, the United States enters a mild recession

1970

  • President Bush publishes a proclamation declaring April 1st to be Earth Day, a rally for environmental causes
  • President Bush signed legislation banning cigarette advertisements on television in the United States, beginning in 1971
  • The Beatles break up
  • President Bush is secretly briefed by Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland about the need to invade Cambodia, in order to fully eliminate the communist threat from Vietnam. Bush is apprehensive about the plan and orders Westmoreland to halt any plans for action in Cambodia for a month
  • On June 4th, President Bush declares that Vietnam War over and beings the process of withdrawing American troops and turning over security to the Vietnamese under General Hoang Xuan Lam
  • President Bush leads remembrance ceremonies for the 26th Anniversary of D-Day
  • The 26th Amendment - lowering the voting age of 18 - receives President Bush's verbal support as it is sent to the states
  • NBC's Chet Huntley retires. During his final broadcast, a pre-recorded message from President Bush is played
  • A massive protest in favor of women's rights takes place on New York City's 5th Avenue. In a memo to staff, President Bush calls the movement "frivolous"
  • Rocker Jimi Hendrix dies from alcohol and drug poisoning. The next month he is joined by Janis Joplin
  • PBS begins broadcasting with a special message from President Bush
  • The National Bureau of Economic Research declares that the recession has ended
  • About a third of American troops have left Vietnam
  • The Occupational Safety and Health Act is signed by President Bush
  • In Oregon v. Mitchell the Supreme Court votes unanimously that Congress can set voting age requirements for federal elections but not for state elections

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower as A.J., Bush as C.J.)
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
Associate Justice Robert H. Bork (Bush)
Associate Justice Harry Blackmun (Bush)
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1970 Congressional Elections

Senate
Republicans - 52 Seats (+4), Led by Sen. Everett Dirksen
Democrats - 47 Seats (-5), Led by Sen. Ted Kennedy
Independent - 1 Seat (+1), Led by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Notable Races:

NEW YORK
Senator Charles Goodell, who had been appointed upon the death of longtime Senator Kenneth Keating, fought back an incredibly fierce 3rd Party challenge from businessman James L. Buckley, running as a Conservative.

TEXAS
George H.W. Bush, son of President Prescott Bush, was able to pull on his father's name to defeat former Congressman Lloyd Bentsen to become the first father-son pair to serve concurrent terms in the Senate and White House.

CALIFORNIA
Senator George Murphy, who won his Senate race six years earlier in a nail bitter, fell to Congressman John V. Tunney.


House

Democrats, Led by Speaker Carl Albert - 230 (+12)



Republicans, Led by Minority Leader Jerry Ford - 204 (-12)

Analysis

President Bush received a mixed mandate in his second, and final, midterm. He received a Republican Senate for the first time since 1955 but the Republican caucus in the Senate lost all the gains the made two year earlier. America wasn't happy with President Bush's actions towards anti-war protesters but they weren't unhappy with him overall. Many elections came down to the individual candidates themselves, rather than a reflection on Bush - save for the Texas Senate race.

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower as A.J., Bush as C.J.)
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
Associate Justice Robert H. Bork (Bush)
Associate Justice Harry Blackmun (Bush)
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« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2015, 08:37:38 PM »

The Bush II Administration Part Deux


The Executive Branch
President: Prescott S. Bush
Vice President: George W. Romney
Chief of Staff: H.R. Haldeman 1966-1968, Sherman Adams 1968, John D. Lodge 1968-1970, Alexander Haig 1970-1973
Secretary of State: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 1965-1968, John Hay Whitney 1968-1971, Henry A. Kissinger 1971-1973
Secretary of the Treasury: Juan T. Trippe 1965-1969, R. Dean Burch 1969-1973
Secretary of Defense: Robert B. Anderson 1965-1966, Lauris Norstad 1966-1968, Robert S. McNamara 1968-1970, Donald H. Rumsfeld 1970-1973
Attorney General: Robert H. Bork 1965-1968, Duke W. Dunbar 1968-1973
Postmaster General: Frederick W. Ford 1965-1967, John F. Collins 1967-1972, Winton M. Blount 1972-1973
Secretary of the Interior: Stewart L. Udall 1965-1972, Walter J. Hickel 1972-1973
Secretary of Agriculture: Wallace F. Bennett 1965-1968, Ezra Taft Benson 1968-1971, Charles A. Thomas 1971-1973
Secretary of Commerce: Frederic G. Donner 1965-1973, Arthur F. Burns 1973
Secretary of Labor: Guy O. Farmer 1965-1967, George P. Shultz 1967-1973
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. 1965-1969, Albert C. Jacobs 1969-1973
Commissioner of Transportation: Lowell K. Bridwell 1966-1970, John A. Volpe 1970-1973
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Gaylord A. Nelson 1969-1972, Stewart L. Udall 1972-1973

1971

  • The Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
  • Charles Manson and three of his female cult members are found guilty for the Tate-LaBianca murders
  • Major General Idi Amin leads a coup in Uganda. President Bush calls his rise a "deep throat to democracy"
  • The U.s., U.K., and U.S.S.R. sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons from the ocean floor
  • The NASDAQ Composite debuts
  • Dutch doctors perform the first legal abortion. President Bush, an Episcopalian, signs an open letter with The Rev. John J. Krol, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, denouncing the procedure
  • Associate Justices John Marshall Harlan II and Hugo L. Black both announce their retirement. President Bush appoints William H. Rehnquist and Shirley A.M. Hufstedler to fill those respective seats in his fourth and fifth nominations to the Supreme Court
  • A bomb detonates in the Hall of Columns in the Capitol. Several citizens and one Senator, Minority Leader Ted Kennedy, are injured in the blast - which also destroyed several statues. The Weather Underground takes responsibility
  • Joe Frazier defeats Mohammad Ali in Madison Square Park
  • Charles Manson and his cult members are sentenced to death
  • Libya, Syria, and Egypt form a lose confederation
  • In Swann v. Charlott-Mecklenburg Board of Ed. the Court rules 8 (Chief Justice Stewart, joined by Justices Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, White, Burger, Bork, and Blackmun) to 1 (Justice Black) that busing students in favor of integrating schools is Constitutional
  • Half of all American troops have been withdrawn from Vietnam
  • Associate Justices Rehnquist and Hufstedler are sworn in, with Hufstedler becoming the first female justice
  • 15,000 non-violent, anti-government protesters are arrested in Washington, D.C. on direct orders from the White House. Most are released the next day
  • The Social Security Administration Act is signed in to law by President Bush
  • President Bush's approval rating reaches 40%, a low for his term
  • Against the recommendation of Congress, President Bush orders the U.S. to maintain the trade embargo on Cuba
  • Mob boss Joe Colombo is killed after being shot during an Italian-American march
  • The 26th Amendment is certified by President Bush and enters into force
  • Camden, New Jersey breaks out in extreme race riots, with the Army being called in to restore order after 5 days of riots
  • President Bush announces the end to the Brenton Woods system. A 90-day freeze on wages, prices, and rent is put in place
  • 1,000 gallons of oil are accidentally spilled into the Pacific Ocean near the private estate of former Vice President Richard Nixon
  • A prisoner riot in Attica, New York breaks out. The New York National Guard storms the prison, leading to the death of 37 prisoners and 5 officers
  • Disney World opens in Florida. President Bush takes his young grandchildren on opening weekend
  • Communist China takes their seat in the United Nations Security Council, following the expulsion of Taiwan
  • The United Arab Emirates is founded
  • The dollar is devalued for the second time in history

1972

  • Kurt Waldheim of Austria is elected as u.N. Secretary General
  • Pakistan begins a nuclear weapon program
  • The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Japan
  • The California Supreme Court declares the death penalty unconstitutional, setting up a Supreme Court case
  • Vice President Romney travels to China and meets with Chairman Mao
  • A coal sludge spill kills 154 in West Virginia
  • A united Airlines plane is hijacked. The hijacker diverts the plane off of its course but fails to do anything else before he is subdued and the pilot returned to the cockpit
  • In one of the final major campaigns of the Vietnam War, Haiphong Harbor is bombed extensively by U.S. planes in an effort to cripple the drug and arm smuggling operations based there
  • Okinawa is returned to the Japanese
  • Governor and former Presidential Candidate George Wallace is shot and paralyzed during a rally in Maryland
  • President Bush and Soviet Premier Brezhnev sign the SALT I Treaty in London
  • Angela Davis is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison
  • West Germany defeats the Soviets 3-0 in Euro '72, a symbolic victory for the capitalist West
  • In Furman v. Georgia the Supreme Court rules 5 (Chief Justice Stewart with Associate Justices Burger, Bork, Blackmun, Rehnquist_ to 4 (Associate Justices Douglas, Brennan, White, and Hufstedler) that the death penalty is Constitutional
  • A solar flare destroys the U.S. telecommunications grid for several hours. It takes almost a week for some rural communities to come back online
  • The 1972 Summer Olympics are held in Munich
  • 11 Israeli Athletes are murdered in Munich
  • Norway rejects joining the European Economic Community
  • The Joy of Sex is published
  • Congressman Hale Boggs and three other men go missing after their plane crashes in Alaska
  • The 1972 Elections are held
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time
  • Ilmelda Marcos is stabbed to death by an assassin in the Philippines. Her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, uses the military to crack down on dissent within the nation in responce
  • Former President Harry S Truman dies at his home in Missouri. His funeral draws protesters from Japanese- and Asian-Americans, due to his use of the atomic bomb during World War II
  • The United States officially bans DDT

Supreme Court, by Seniority
Chief Justice Potter Stewart (Eisenhower as A.J., Bush as C.J.)
Associate Justice William O. Douglas (F. Roosevelt)
Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (Eisenhower)
Associate Justice Byron R. White (Kennedy)
Associate Justice Warren E. Burger (Bush)
Associate Justice Robert H. Bork (Bush)
Associate Justice Harry Blackmun (Bush)
Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist (Bush)
Associate Justice Shirley A.M. Hufstedler (Bush)
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