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1954- Communist Czechoslovakia delivered arms to Guatemala and the CIA - trained forces invaded Guatemala 1956- Riots erupted in Eastern Europe and Elvis Presley became known as the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” 1957- Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize the use of military force whenever the president thought it necessary to assist Middle East nations resisting Communist aggression (Sputnik) 1959- Eisenhower and Khrushchev agreed to hold a summit in Paris
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The Soviet Union shot down and American U-2 spy Plane. Khrushchev ended up breaking up the summit, and President Eisenhower left office, warning Americans about military-industrial complex.
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1961- Bay of Pigs invasion, Peace Corps is created, Construction of Berlin Wall begins 1962- Cuban missile crisis 1963- Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson becomes president 1964- South Africa’s Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison 1965- Congress establishes Medicare and Medicaid 1966- Congress passes the Child Nutrition Act, India Gandhi becomes prime minister of India 1968-Lyndon Johnson decides not to run fro reelection, Student riots paralyze France
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1970- Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia, National Guard troops kill student protesters at Kent State 1973- Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam 1975- Saigon falls to North Vietnamese invasion, Last European colonies in Africa gain independence from Portugal 1979- Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Ayotollah Khomeini leads revolution against the Shah of Iran
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1980- War begins between Iran and Iraq 1981- Launch of Columbia, first space shuttle, American hostages released in Iran 1983- Reagan announces their Star Wars program, U.S. Marine barracks bombed in Lebanon 1985- Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union 1986- Iran-Conta scandal enters the news 1987- INF Treaty between U.S. and USSR 1988- More than 35,000 cases. Of AIDS diagnosed for the year
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