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The Supreme Court in a 9-0 vote declares segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Brown II, as the case is usually called, forces schools to integrate whites and non-whites.
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Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white male and is subsequently arrested. The arrest stirs up protests across the nation among civil rights activists.
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The Act provides funds for constructions of highways spanning across several states.
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Eisenhower defeats Stevenson again, this time with 457 electoral votes.
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The governor of Arkansas uses the National Guard to prohibit nine black students from attending an all-white college. Eisenhower responds by sending federal troops to escort the men to school.
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During its mission, the satellite discovers the Van Allen radiation belt, a magnetic field that protects the earth from radiation.
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Hawaii is the last state to join the union until now.
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Eisenhower hots Khrushchev for the thirteen-day visit and Cold War tensions begin to relax.
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The sit-ins, which spread rapidly across the South, start with four black men who sit inside a whites-only lunch counter, refusing to leave unless they are served. Desegregation eventually takes place in Greensboro, encouraging others to stage similar sit-ins.
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The population is 179,323,175, with New York and California holding the most residents.
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Television favors John F. Kennedy's visible charisma on stage, which helps sways the nation even further in his favor.
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Democrat Kennedy defeats incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon with 303 electoral votes.
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The American supported invasion of Cuba fails to defeat Fidel Castro's forces.
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Construction on the wall dividing West and East Berlin begins under the command of the Soviets.
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The United States has sent several military advisors for several years to help the French put down the communist revolutionaries. JFK's declaration of willingness to fight pulls America deeper into the Vietnam War.
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Khrushchev sends missiles to Cuba to deter future attacks on the island by the United States. Americans are in an uproar as tensions between the US and Russia escalate. Khrushchev agrees to withdraw the weapons if Kennedy will remove American missiles in Turkey.
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Thousands of protestors march through Washington asking for equal rights for everyone. Dr. Martin Luther King delivers "I Have Dream" speech to over 200,000 protestors.
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Lee Harvey Oswald shoots President Kennedy from a building overlooking the motorcade. Jack Ruby kills Oswald while he is being transported.
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Johnson is sworn into office on Air Force One by Judge Sarah T. Huges at the Loveland Airport in Dallas, TX.
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The Act becomes effective with Johnson's signature. It prohibits segregation in public settings and makes illegal discriminations based on race, ethnicity, gender, and religious views.
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Johnson, a southerner, takes 468 electoral votes over Republican Barry M. Goldwater's 52 electoral votes.
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Johnson is willing to destroy resisting forces in Vietnam but faces much criticism within America for keeping soldiers in the war.
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Among other things, the Act gives eliminates literacy test requirements to vote.
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Founded by Lilian Craig, the organization lasted from 1966 to 1975 and fought for welfare benefits for women and children.
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In a three-day meeting, President Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin discuss peace between the countries at Glassboro State College in NJ. They agree that any conflict between the countries will not lead to war.
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Kennedy had originally nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court in 1961, but several Senators from the South delayed his hearings. Johnson reappointed Marshall to the Court on June 13, 1967. Marshall is sworn in on October 2 of the same year.
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North Korea claims the American ship is trespassing and spying on them. The ship is still in N. Korean custody to this day.
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King lead the Civil Rights movement in America for several years, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. His murderer was never caught, although the court placed the guilt on James Earl Ray, despite a lack of verifiable evidence.
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Republican Nixon defeats his two opponents, Hubert H. Humphrey and George Wallace, with 301 electoral votes.
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The United States engages in peace-talks with North Vietnam for several years, attempting to have South Vietnam's independence recognized by North Vietnam. Henry Kissinger workouts a deal with the North Vietnamese after nearly five years.
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Nixon tells Asian allies that America will support them with economic and military aid rather than ground troops. Many within the United States are still unhappy with this level of involvement in Asian wars.
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Arpanet, as the internet is first called, connects databases of several universities in the United States. The military will go on to use the net to improve connections between their bases.
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The United States has over two hundred million inhabitants, increasing by one hundred million in the fifty years after 1920.
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The voting age is lowered from 21 to 18. The states ratify the Amendment on June 30 and President Nixon signs it on July 5, 1971.
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President Nixon travels to meet Mao Zedong in China. Relations between the countries improve and lead to business partners in the future.
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North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam, leading America to send airstrikes on the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam.
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Nixon and Premier Leonid Brezhnev agree to limit missile developments in their countries by signing the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I agreement. Russia will go on to purchase 400 million bushels of wheat from the United States for s subsidized price of $700 million.
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Four men are arrested after breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Talk of their association with the Nixon administration does not phage Nixon from continuing his presidential campaign.
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Nixon defeats Democratic George S. McGovern with 520 electoral votes. The Watergate scandal quickly overwhelms the Nixon's second term, revealing questionable campaigning tactics used by his administration in 1972.
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The Supreme Court rules 5-4 that abortion within six months of pregnancy is legal. The ruling overrides the state's laws.
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After signing a peace treaty in Paris, the United States begins to withdraw troops from Vietnam.
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The United States, in her support of Israel during the Arab-Israeli war, refuses to receive oil imports from Arab nations. An energy crisis follows.
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President Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974 for his connection to Watergate.
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The Watergate hearings expose tapes with evidence incriminating Nixon and several of his staff members for approving of the raids on the Democratic National Committee. Nixon resigns the presidency to avoid further humiliation.
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The invasion highlights the futile efforts made by the United States to contain communism in Vietnam.