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The polio vaccine was created, eventually eliminating Polio.
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Rosa parks, a seamstress refuses to giver up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested. Boycotting and protests ensue.
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The Russians release the first satellite into space, which worries the Americans that the Russians are getting ahead in technology.
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The first nuclear power plant is created, supplying energy to Pennsylvania.
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Explorer 1 Launches.
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An American spy plane is shot down and the pilot admits to spying. This sours the relations between Russia and America.
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JFK beats Nixon in the presidential election
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The bay of pigs was a failed offensive assault on the Cuban coast. The recent change in leadership prompted America to send former cuban exiles to attack and attempt to gain Cuba. The mission failed.
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JFK is assassinated in Dallas TX. Johnson takes over as pres.
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Johnson wins the election by a landslide.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Tennessee. His muderer leads guilty and is sentenced.
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5 men were caught burglarizing the Watergate hotel, where important world documents were kept. This lead to Nixon's resignation.
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Nixon resigns due to Watergate.
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