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The Happiest Place on Earth opens
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Elvis gains national attention after playing on the Ed Sullivan Show
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration founded
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Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly (the three biggest Rock and Roll musicians at the time) died in a plane crash in Iowa.
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JFK becomes the youngest elected president
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The U.S. was behind the Soviets at this point of the space race
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The U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree not to test any more Nuclear Weapons
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JFK assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas
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Beatlemania hits America when the Beatles arrive in the U.S. to play on the Ed Sullivan Show
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The U.S. military commences operation rolling thunder, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
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The Packers beat the Chiefs in the first Super Bowl
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Leading Civil Rights Activist MLK killed
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"One small step for man... one giant leap for mankind"
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Jimi Hendrix wows crowds at Woodstock with his amped up rendition of the Star Spangled Banner
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Amidst the Watergate Scandal President Nixon resigns instead of being impeached
