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End of WW2
US defeated Japan, ending WW2. -
Rosa Parks Incident
A tired Rosa Parks refused to give up her much deserved seat to a white man and got arrested. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
People boycotted the Montgomery Bus system to protest against segregation in public transportation -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American children entered a previously all white school with armed escorts -
Sputnik Launched
The Soviets launched the Sputnik rocket to run some tests, but the US was convinced that it was a Soviet attack -
U-2 Incident
Francis Gary Powers got shot by the USSR flying a U-2 spy plane during the height of the Cold War -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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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Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between the US, Soviet Union, and Cuba over Cuba having missiles. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his famous letter to his fellow clergymen about his reasons for nonviolent protesting while in jail. -
March on Washington
Thousands of people gathered around to protest inequality and hear Martin Luther King's famous “I Have a Dream” speech
