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A Rock and Roll star that would capture a generation.
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Soviet Union responds to NATO by establishing Warsaw Pact which would provide support between the Soviets and the countries of Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, & East Germany.
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Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama to a white man sparks a years worth of bus boycotts.
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A group organized with the help of Martin Luther King, Jr. to establish civil rights groups across the country to better organize and sustain protest for the Civil Rights movement.
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President Eisenhower is sworn in for his 2nd term.
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Legislation signed by President Eisenhower became the first law since Reconstruction to protect civil rights by protecting voting rights and creating the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.
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The first black students to attend an all-white school received protection when President Eisenhower orders U.S. army troops to Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Soviet Union launched first artificial satellite called Sputnik which increased American fears during the Cold War.
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NASA founded to further America's research and development of satellites and rockets to compete with the Soviet Union.
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An anti-communist group which attacked political leaders for being communists and opposed many of the civil rights programs of the time.
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After defeating American backed Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro marches through Havana to become the new Cuban ruler.
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Luna 2, a Soviet Union capsule, became the first human designed object to touch the moon's surface.
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Sit-Ins, which began in North Carolina, were held to protest segregated counters by African American students and further bring attention to the civil rights movement.
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Francis Gary Powers, American pilot, what shot down while flying a recon mission in his U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union.
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon become the first American presidential candidates to hold televised debates.
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Peace Corps was formed by President Kennedy to assist underdeveloped countries.
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Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to orbit the earth
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A failed attempt to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro by Cuban exiles aided by the U.S. CIA operatives.
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A successful attempt to end segregation on interstate bus rides. Although met with violence, the Freedom Riders laid the framework for civil rights action to ban segregated buses.
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Alan Shepard safely orbits the Earth in Freedom 7 capsule which helps boost American's involvement in the Space Race.
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James Meredith becomes the first African American student at the University of Mississippi.
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The U.S. public panics after spy planes reveal a missile base in Cuba leading to a standoff between President Kennedy, Soviet Union and Fidel Castro. Eventually, an agreement was reached for the Soviets to remove their missiles from Cuba and the U.S. to remove their missiles from Turkey.
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A combination of various Boycotts, marches, and sit-ins were held to rid the city of segregation. In the midst, Martin Luther King, Jr was jailed.
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Wallace, elected governor of Alabama, proclaims "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.”
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The Soviet Union and the United States agree to ban nuclear testing underwater, in the atmosphere and in outerspace.
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Martin Luther King, Jr gives his renowned speech on the steps of the Lincolns Memorial during the March On Washington
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After the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
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Various reforms to end poverty and racial injustices approved under President Johnson.
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Amendment prohibits a poll tax in federal elections.
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Legislation to prohibit job discrimination and integrated public accommodations signed into law by President Johnson.
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Johnson sworn in as newly elected president.
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Banned all discrimination and obstacles for individuals attempting to vote.
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Residential segregation and police brutality led to riots in the Watts neighborhood in California.
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A group of radicals who demanded reparations and exemptions of black men from the military draft. Activists initiated "survival programs' in inner cities and paraded around in military type clothing armed with military weapons.
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This Agreement allowed for Cuban Refugees to enter the U.S. after being separated from their families for years.
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Marshall becomes Supreme Court Justice of African American descent.
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A loss for America in the Vietnam War as North Vietnamese troops overtake Southern cities causing a loss of hope of a quick end to the war.
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King was killed in Memphis, Tennessee/
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land the first human mission to the moon, take the first steps on the moon, and plant an American flag on the moon.
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Native American activists occupy Alcatraz to bring attention to the needs of their people.
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federal legislation to regulate the clean-up of air and water.
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A celebration of the Earth and the need to protect the environment.
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Ongoing student protests against the Vietnam War lead to shootings by National Guard troops of students on the Kent State campus.
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EPA was established by President Nixon to study and guard the environment.
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The true facts about the Vietnam War were revealed in a series published in the New York Times. It reveled the large amount of deception from the American government to the public.
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Nixon was the first president to visit communist China while in office and the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit the Soviet Union in May of the same year.
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A bugging attempt by Nixon associates was foiled at the Democratic National Committee office. The scandal resulted in massive coverup until a couple of years later additional information prompted House Judiciary Committee to approve articles of impeachment for President Nixon.
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OPEC leaders place an oil embargo on the United States because of its support of Israel.
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Nixon is sworn in for 2nd term as preident.
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A case that legalized abortion.
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Agreement marks the official end to the Vietnam War.
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Nixon's resignation from office was the first and only time a U.S. president has resigned from office.
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