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German forces surrendered in Italy on April 29 1945, and in Western Europe on May 7, 1945.
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Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system.
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The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
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Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, The world's first artificial satellite
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a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba
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Was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War
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The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail, also known as The Negro Is Your Brother, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963
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The Great March on Washington was a large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans.