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The first summit conference between Soviet and American leaders begins in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting is able to take away some of the tension from the cold war.
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Federal troops are sent to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce the desegregation of the public schools. The students are then able to attend some of the classes at Little Rock Central High School.
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This U-2 plane was shot down by the soviet union. The piolet, Gary Powers, survives and admits to spying.
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A force of 1500 Cuban exiles who were trained and financed by the US lands at the Bay of Pigs hoping to overthrow the Castro regime. This did not end well and was damaging to the US.
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The first US combat death was reported when an American serviceman died in Vietnam.
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While Kennedy was riding his motorcycle he was shot. Vice President Johnson became the President at this time.
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At the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, MLK is assassinated. James Earl Ray was proven guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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Richard Nixon is elected President of the United States representing the Republican party.
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Five men are caught after burglarizing the headquarters of the democratic national committee, located at the watergate hotel in Washington DC. Events to follow this resulted in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974.