1945 To Present Timeline Assignment By Heaven_Lopez Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Mar 10, 2013 1945-2013 Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play in the major Leagues Oct 1, 1949 Mao tse tung leads communist revolution in China Feb 9, 1950 Senator Joesph McCarthy claims the state Department is full of communists Jun 25, 1951 First color T.V. show Mar 5, 1953 Joeseph Stalin dies Jun 19, 1953 Rosengurgs are executed for spying Jul 27, 1953 Treaty signed to end the Korean War Apr 10, 1954 Bill Haley record "Rock around the clock" Apr 18, 1955 Albert Einstien Dies Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks begins bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama Feb 3, 1959 Buddy Holly dies in plane crash Jan 17, 1961 President Eisenhower warns of the dangers of the " military-industrial complex" Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gargarin orbits the earth May 5, 1961 Allen Shepard goes into space Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall goesup May 1, 1962 John Glenn orbits the earth Aug 5, 1962 Marilyn Monroe commits suicide Sep 23, 1962 James Meredith enrolls at the University of Alabama Oct 28, 1962 Cuban missle crisis resolved peacefully Aug 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King says " I have a dream" Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated Nov 24, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is Murdered Feb 9, 1964 Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show Apr 25, 1965 Peggy Lopez was born (my mom) Mar 10, 1966 Betty Frieden founds the National Organization of Youth Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl is played Mar 10, 1967 First microwave oven Apr 13, 1967 Muhammid Ali goes to jail Jan 3, 1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy mobilizes the youth vote against the Vietnam War Jan 6, 1968 Pres. Johnson refuses to run for second term of office Apr 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated Jun 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated Jan 20, 1969 Richard Nixon is elected for his first term of office Mar 10, 1969 Ghandi founds modern nation of india Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon Sep 2, 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies Nov 13, 1969 Vice- President Spiro Agnew resigns from office Jan 16, 1972 Gloria Steinem publishes the first edition of "MS" Magazine Jan 22, 1972 Lawrence Lopez my born (my dad) Feb 12, 1972 Nixon visits Red China Mar 10, 1972 Isreali athletes slaughtered at Olympics Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Hotel was broken into Mar 10, 1974 Cesar Chavez unionizes farm workers in California Apr 8, 1974 Henry Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon resigns Aug 9, 1974 General Ford becomes the first un-elected President in history Mar 10, 1975 U.S. leaves Vietnam May 10, 1976 First apple computer sold Aug 17, 1977 Elvis Presley Dies Sep 10, 1978 Jimmy Carter presides over Camp David Accord Nov 18, 1978 Jim Jones leads followers into mass suicide Jan 14, 1980 Ronald Reagon becomes president Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon was Murdered Mar 10, 1982 Britain wins Falklands War Jan 29, 1986 Christa McCauliffe is first civilian to ride space shuttle Mar 10, 1989 Berlin Wall goes down Jun 4, 1989 Ayatollah Khomenti takes power in Iran May 12, 1995 Lee Iacoca takes over Crysler Dec 4, 1996 Heaven Lopez was born Oct 10, 2001 U.S invasion of Dominico Republic/ Grenada/ Panama/ Iraq