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War between North and South Korea. South Korea was supported by the U.S. and North was supported by the Soviet Union and China
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Ku Klux Klan is started and bombs the home of NAACP
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During the Cold War-era, it was a war between the communists of North Vietnam against South Vietnam aided by the U.S.
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Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycot, initiated by the arrest of Rosa Parks
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Also known as the Tripartite Agression, the Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt by Israel followed by the UK and France. The U.S. and Soviet Union made France, Israel and the UK to withdrawl
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Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to be the first to achieve space exploration
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A 13-day standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union about the Soviet missile deployment in Cuba
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John F. Kennedy was shot in the head while riding in his car in Dalas, Texas
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Nearly 600 marchers in Alabama protested the death of Jimmie Jackson when they were attacked by police with tear gas and clubs.
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A music festival dedicated to 3 days of peace and music. Over 400,000 people attended.
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Only 69 days into his presidency a man named John Hinckley Jr. shot at and injured Ronald Reagan while he was leaving a speaking engagement in Washington DC.
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Political and military tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII
