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North Koreans acted with Stalin's approval is still debated
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This was a war between North and South Korea with intervening parties.
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In surprise landing behind enemy lines, US forces push North Korean army back north of the 38th parallel
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North Korean capital now in UN control
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With increased opposition, UN offensive stalls and then collapses. Chinese troops push UN forces back across 38th parallel and capture Southern capital of Seoul
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Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public (69% support MacArthur) by firing the US commander
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In emotional speech, MacArthur declares "Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away".
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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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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.
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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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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."
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plan was to hit the moon; missed and flew by
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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.
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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.”
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first probe to hit the moon
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“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.”
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The pilot is identified as Robert Ellis Frost, an American who carries a U.S. military identification card
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carried two dogs
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15 minute sub-orbital flight
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A U-2 recon plane finds soviet missles.
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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.
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