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WORLD WAR 2
world war two started to evolv -
CASSIUS CLAY
CASSIUS CLAY WAS BORN WITH A DREAM! -
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MUHAMMAD ALI
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TV
The colour TV was introduced! -
PEACE SYMBOL!
A BRITISH DESIGNER DREW A SYMBOL THAT SHOWED PEACE -
HEAVYWIEGHT CHAMPION!
MUHAMMAD ALI WAS NAMED HEAVYWIEGHT CHAMPION! -
VIET NAM
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
VIET NAM IS INVADED!
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
REFUSING!
MUHAMMAD ALI REFUSED TO BE SENT TO VIET NAM! HE LOST HIS TITLE -
CHERNOBYL
At 1:23 a.m. on April 26th, reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, releasing more than a hundred times the radiation of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thirty-one people died shortly after the explosion and thousands more will die from the long-term effects of radiation. -
IQBAL
Iqbal Masih was a young Pakastani boy who was forced into bonded labor at age four. After being freed at age ten, Iqbal became an activist against bonded child labor. He became a martyr for his cause when he was murdered at age 12.
