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Vietnam War
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Disneyland Opens
The Happiest Place on Earth opens -
Elvis Presley Performs on the Ed Sullivan Show
Elvis gains national attention after playing on the Ed Sullivan Show -
President Eisenhower Signs the Civil Rights Act
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NASA Founded
National Aeronautics and Space Administration founded -
The Day the Music Died
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. -
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Becomes President
JFK becomes the youngest elected president -
Alan Sheppard Becomes 1st American in Space
The U.S. was behind the Soviets at this point of the space race
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree not to test any more Nuclear Weapons -
President Kennedy Assassinated
JFK assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas -
The British Invasion
Beatlemania hits America when the Beatles arrive in the U.S. to play on the Ed Sullivan Show -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The U.S. military commences operation rolling thunder, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War -
Medicare and Medicaid Created
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First Superbowl
The Packers beat the Chiefs in the first Super Bowl -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Leading Civil Rights Activist MLK killed -
Apollo 11
"One small step for man... one giant leap for mankind" -
Jimi Hendrix Star Spangled Banner
Jimi Hendrix wows crowds at Woodstock with his amped up rendition of the Star Spangled Banner -
President Nixon Resigns
Amidst the Watergate Scandal President Nixon resigns instead of being impeached
