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Homeless vets
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Albert Einstein dies at the age of 76
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Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records and begins his pop career.
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Sputnik became the first artificial satellite
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Charles Starkweather homicides capture the attention of Americans
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The Mafia are the center of attention
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Birth control came out
Birth_controlOral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. In 1968, Pope Paul VI released a papal encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae which declared artificial birth control a sin. -
Watergate
Watergate_scandal Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC was broken into. After the break-in, word was that President Richard Nixon may have known about the break-in, and tried to cover it up. The scandal would ultimately result in the resignation of President Nixon, and to date, this remains the only time that anyone has ever resigned the United States Presidency. -
AIDS was first detected
AIDSMulti symptoms and infections in humans resulting from damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus commonly known as HIV.
