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Establuishes Peace Corps.
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US backed Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Cubans.
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Forces US Steel to roll back price.
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Astronaut became first american to orbit the earth.
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takes world to brink of nuclear war.
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The US, great britain, and the USSR sign Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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Assasinated. Lyndon B Johnson is sworn in as president.
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Declares war on poverty
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Congress overwhelmingly passes GOT Resolution.
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Johnson wins in a landslide.
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Commits fifty thousand American troops to combat in Vietnam.
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Enacts Medicare and Medicaid.
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National Organization for Women formed.
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Isreal wins six day war in the middle east.
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Riots kill 43, injur 2,000, and leave 5,000 homeless.
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Launch offensive.
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Johnson announces he will not run for re-election.
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assasinated in memphis.
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Assasinated in Las Angeles.
