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Korean War Begins
The Korean war was the first "hot" war of the cold war. Over 55,000 American troops were klled in the conflict -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a costly conflict that was communist north Vietnam against South Vietnam and their ally, the United States. It was also known as the Second Indochina War. -
The Vietnam War ends
The controversial war ended with the withdrawal of US forcees in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people were killed during this war -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. Their enrollment lead to the the Little Rock Crisis. -
NASA Was Founded
When NASA opened for business on October 1, 1958 it accelerated the work already started on human and robotic fight. It's first high profile program was project Mercury. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. that evening. -
Diplomatic ties with China
U.S. establishes diplomatic ties with mainland China for the first time since Communist takeover in 1949. -
US athletes can't attend Olympics unless...
President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan -
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president and Dan Quayle as Vice President. -
Iraq troops invade Kuwait.
Iraqi leader Saddam Husseim ordered the invasion of Kuwait. Surprised by these actions, fellow Arab powers contacted the United States and other Western Nations to intervene.
