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korean war begins
it began when the north korean communist army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded non-communist south korea.the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. -
warsaw pact signed
treaty signed between the peoples republic of albania, the peoples republic of bulgana,etc communist counter action to NATO. he treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. -
NASA founded
president Dwight Eisenhower established NASA with a civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. In October 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the world, and particularly the American public, by launching the first satellite into orbit around the earth. Called Sputnik, the small spacecraft was an embarrassment to the United States -
Peacecorps founded
volunteer program ran by the U.S gov., stated the mission to help people outside the United States to understand the cultures of other countries . The Peace Corps captured the imagination of the U.S. public, and during the week after its creation thousands of letters came into Washington from young Americans hoping to volunteer. -
Bay of pigs invasion
invasion of cuba by cuban exiles supported by the U.S government, an armed force of 1,500 cuban exiles landed and attacked. The first part of the plan was to destroy Castro’s tiny air force, making it impossible for his military to resist the invaders.Castro and his advisers knew about the raid and had moved his planes out of harm’s way -
Cuban missile crisis
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JFK assassination
shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife in a presidential motorcade, asassinated by lee harvey oswald. Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital.
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civil rights act paased in US
enforce the constitutional right to vote to prevent discrimination in federally assisted program. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.
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malcom x assassinated
one week after his home was forebombed, he was shot to death by islam members while speaking at a raliy of his organization in NYC. In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington
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tet offensive
series of surprise attacks by vietcong and north vietnamese forces, turning point in the vietnam war . This massive North Vietnamese surprise attack during the 1968 Tet holiday was a crucial turning point in the war. some 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive
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martin luther king Jr. assassinated
ameican clergy man & civil rights leader wo was assassinated at the lorralne motel in memphis tennessee. King had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches. On April 11, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act.
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1st women appointed to US supreme court
youtube president ronald nominated Sandra day O'connor to first women of the US supreme court. Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice in history when she is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger.On July 1, 2005, O’Connor announced her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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