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The Korean war was the first "hot" war of the cold war. Over 55,000 American troops were klled in the conflict
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U.S. establishes diplomatic ties with mainland China for the first time since Communist takeover in 1949.
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President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan
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George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president and Dan Quayle as Vice President.
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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.
