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Alaska becomes the 49th state
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state
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Invasion on Bay of Pigs in Cuba fails
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the Soviet Union secretly puts missiles in Cuba and the United States works out a deal for both sides to get their missiles out from where they were.
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
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Johnson President Johnson introduces his idea of the "Great Society"
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President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act
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25th Amendment ratified
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Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated in Memphis
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr are the first to land on the moon