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His main goal as president was to stop the spread of communism and reduce federal deficits.
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Rosa Parks sat in the white section of a bus and refused to leave until she was arrested as a stand for equal rights.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the first major event of the U.S. civil rights movement, a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The company Wham-o created the first plastic dish made to be thrown through the air.
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The U.S. needed a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. This led to the creation of NASA.
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President Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state.
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He increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam, he authorized an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. And he was ultimately shot and killed during a parade.
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a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance.
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The strike was aimed at forestalling communist North Vietnamese attacks into South Vietnam. Nixon kept it a secret until 2 days after when it was released to the public.
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Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004, was conceived by Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor.
