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US defeated Japan, ending WW2.
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A tired Rosa Parks refused to give up her much deserved seat to a white man and got arrested.
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People boycotted the Montgomery Bus system to protest against segregation in public transportation
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Nine African American children entered a previously all white school with armed escorts
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The Soviets launched the Sputnik rocket to run some tests, but the US was convinced that it was a Soviet attack
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Francis Gary Powers got shot by the USSR flying a U-2 spy plane during the height of the Cold War
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Cuban exiles wanted to throw Castro with help from the US. After they attacked, JFK refused to send in air support.
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Confrontation between the US, Soviet Union, and Cuba over Cuba having missiles.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his famous letter to his fellow clergymen about his reasons for nonviolent protesting while in jail.
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Thousands of people gathered around to protest inequality and hear Martin Luther King's famous “I Have a Dream” speech
