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In the middle of the night German soldiers built a wall on the border between east and west Berlin.
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On the Vostok 1 Soviets launched the first man into space.
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Martin Luther Kin Jr. Makes the very powerful and well known "I have a dream" speach. The speach was 17 minutes long and was a large moment in civil rights history, not to mention american history.
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Lee Harvey Oswald shot president John F. Kennedy while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Texas
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An act passed iving all americansthe right to be served in facilities which are open to the public hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments," as well as "greater protection for the right to vote."
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Malcolm X was shot and killed in a crowd disturbance before a speach in Manhattan
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Black power group formed.
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Revolutionist Che Guevara captured and executed.
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James Earl Ray Shot MLK outside of his hotel after giving a speach.
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Neil Armstrongg becomes first man on the moon, with Edwin Aldrin right behind him
