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Tiros I, the first weather satellite, is successfully launched by the United States.
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An American spy plane called a U-2 is shot down over the soviet union because it kept spying on them and they retalliated . They held the pilot as a prisoner.
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The presidential race is won by Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic candidate from Massachusetts over Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
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The "Bay of Pigs" was an invasion of Cuba in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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The Cuban Missile Crises began because the Soviet Union built missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy ordered a naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island. They finally made an agreement that if the U.S. didn"t invade Cuba then they would get rid of the missiles.
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President Kennedy is shot in the head while sitting in the back of a car, driving in a Parade. The gunman was Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Cassius Clay Or Better known as Muhamed Ali, wins The Heavy Weight Championship of the worldby defeating Sonny Liston.
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The Civil Rights movement changed how african americans were treatd in the u.s. The civil rights act made racial discrimination illegal in public places like theaters and restuarants.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson wins his first presidential election with a victory over Barry M. Goldwater from Arizona. He beat him with over 15 million in the popular vote.
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Malcolm X began to speak to a meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity when a disturbance broke out in the crowd, he got shot by three different guys and was hit 16 times. He died shortlty after when he got to the hospital.
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The government medical program for citizens over the age of 65, began during this year
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Thurgood Marshall is sworn into office as the first black Supreme Court Justice.
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Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on a motel balcony by James Earl Ray.
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Presidential candidate, the Democratic Senator from New York, Robert F. Kennedy, is shot at a campaign victory celebration in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan, and dies one day later.
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The Apollo Program completes their mission when Niel Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
