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Rosa Parker, a black American seamstress, and housewife in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on the bus, triggering a nearly 13-month bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
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The "pig Bay incident" in which the Cuban exiles backed by the United States invaded Cuba failed
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During the Cuban missile crisis, the threat of nuclear war almost became a reality, and the post-Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its missile deployment from Cuba
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Martin Luther King led 250000 people to fight for jobs and freedom in Washington
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President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas
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The Equal Employment Act, which provides equal opportunities for landlords to pass, calls for an end to racial segregation
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The United States intervened in the Vietnam War (broke out in 1959) to assist South Vietnam and France in to fight against northern Vietnam
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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated during the health workers' strike in Memphis
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the California presidential election
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Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
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The 26th amendment reduces the age of eligibility to vote from 21 to 18
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Gerald Ford
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft