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John F. Kennedy initiates 17 billion dollar nuclear missile program, increases military aid to Indochina & announces creation of the Peace Corps
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Eisenhower sign the Civil Rights Act
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At 12:01 AM the President flew the flag for the first time with 50 stars on it.
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which permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice President. The 23rd Amendment was ratified by the states.
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July 19 - First Telstar Satellite Live TV Transmission across the Atlantic
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movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles.
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John F Kennedy Proposes the Civil Rights Bill
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Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington DC Civil Rights March, 200,000 attend
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JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas, LBJ sworn in
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Beatles arrive in New York for their first time. Everyone loves them!
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Malcolm X is assassinated as he begins speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, New York.
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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse and a Pioneer of animated films, died of cancer on, but his legend lives on.
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Green Bay 35, Kansas City 10
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If a President is disabled the Vice President can acts as President (but does not assume the office of President) until the president can resume the office. The President can declare disability and invite the Vice President to act as President.
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70,000 demonstrators came to Washington, D.C. to "Confront the War Makers." It would become the prototype for the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago -- except that the later there was extensive police violence.
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MLK was assassinated by a man, James Earl Ray, who shot him with a rifle on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and the only president to resign from office.
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The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning
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Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the Moon. He was the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, and was accompanied by Edwin E. Aldrin. His first words after stepping on the moon were, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." This was seen by millions on Earth!
