Timeline (For Want of Sobriety)

1969
JULY 18 At a party for a group of women who had served on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, Senator Ted Kennedy is interrupted by John Crimmins, Kennedy's part-time driver who graciously volunteers to drive Mary Jo Kopechene to the island's nearby fairy, so she can return to the Massachusetts mainland. The rest of the party remains relatively uneventful.

"MAN LANDS ON MOON!" -From The New York Times

JULY 20 The lunar module Eagle lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Buzz Aldrin takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at the time.

"THE BEGINNING OF AN EXIT?" Nixon Outlines Plan Of Vietnemization -From The Washington Post

JULY 25 U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This starts the "Vietnamization" of the war.