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August 14, 1945 is V-J Day, the date which marks the end of the war in Japan (The European front of the war had ended beforehand.)
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The federal court decided on May 17, 1954 that state laws requiring separate (public) schools for whites and blacks were unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the city bus for a white citizen.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a campaign which opposed the Alabama city's policy regarding racial segregation on the public bus system. The boycott resulted in the bus system being financially crippled.
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The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students in Little Rock, Arkansas that were originally forbidden to enter into a public school. This incident led to the Brown v. Board of Education federal court case.
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Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957. It was a space program which made use of various robotic spacecraft.
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On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful U.S. attempt to invade and overthrow Cuba and its government.
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The Cuban Missle Crisis was a confrontation involving the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the United States during the Cold War. After several unsuccessful attempts by the US to overthrow the communist Cuban government, the Soviet Union & Cuba began creating lots of medium to long range nuclear missles.
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The Letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Martin Luther King, Jr., which was addressed to the leaders of his church. In the letter. King called for an end to racial injustice.
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The March on Washington is a famous day in African-American history in which protesters demanded jobs & freedom via the discontinuation of segregation.
