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North Korea invades South Korea
North Koreans acted with Stalin's approval is still debated -
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Korean War
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US troops invade at Inchon
In surprise landing behind enemy lines, US forces push North Korean army back north of the 38th parallel -
Pyongyang falls to UN forces
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Chinese divisions enter fighting
With increased opposition, UN offensive stalls and then collapses. Chinese troops push UN forces back across 38th parallel and capture Southern capital of Seoul -
Truman relieves MacArthur of command
Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public (69% support MacArthur) by firing the US commander -
MacArthur addresses Congress after being away from the U.S. since 1935
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Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution (Bay of Pigs)
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
Leaders of the NAACP tried to get students to back down from the protest against Jim Crow Laws of school segregation. -
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Civil RIghts Movement
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Space Race
The "Space Race" was a race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The goal was to see who could get to space first, which was the Soviets, but the United States had the first man on the moon. -
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with newly elected Ngo Dinh Diem as president.
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955–1956
On this day, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, this led to the boycotting of the public buses. -
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Vietnam War
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The 26 of July Movement, led by Fidel Castro
succeeds in forcing General Fulgencio Batista into exile. Fidel Castro gives a victory speech from Santiago: this new revolution, he states, will not be like 1898, "when the North Americans came and made themselves masters of our country." -
Moon probe
plan was to hit the moon; missed and flew by -
Washington officially recognizes the new government
in a memo to the President, John Foster Dulles states, “The Provisional Government appears free from Communist taint and there are indications that it intends to pursue friendly relations with the United States.” Early the next day, Castro's victory caravan finally reaches Havana, and the new regime takes charge. -
Ambassador Bonsal meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba
he Ambassador expresses, “our serious concern at the treatment being given American private interests in Cuba both agriculture and utilities.” Castro responds saying he “admires Americans, especially tourists, for whom he is planning great things.” -
moon probe
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In a memorandum to President Eisenhower, Christian Herter describes the changing policy towards Cuba
“All actions of the United States Government should be designed to encourage within Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America opposition to the extremist, anti-American course of the Castro regime.” -
A plane trying to bomb the central España, Matanzas province, explodes in mid-air.
The pilot is identified as Robert Ellis Frost, an American who carries a U.S. military identification card -
Unmanned Vostok
carried two dogs -
Unmanned
15 minute sub-orbital flight -
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Bay of Pigs
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Aerial Images finding the Soviet Missiles
A U-2 recon plane finds soviet missles. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Malcom X joins the movement
On September 4, 1957, Nine African African American students had be chosen to attend the school. Only one of them had showed up that day and was harassed by white protesters. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
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Nixon orders the first of many US troops to withdrawl from Vietnam
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide a cease-fire.
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South Vietnam surrenders to the communists
