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Cold War
The cold war was a nuclear arms race between the Allies and USSR, after WWII. It was mainly between the USA and USSR but later on the French came in. There were enough nuclear weapons stockpiled to blow up the earth a few times over. -
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Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll was the “rebellious” music, a way for the kids to get away from their parents’ generation. The kids loved rock and roll, where the parents wanted nothing to do with it and wanted their kids to listen to better music. One man who really had the parents go mad, and the kids go crazy, was Elvis. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba, and Cuba becomes allies with USSR. Castro announces that Cuba would start WWIII if the US directly attacks Cuba. CIA director John McCone sends a message thinking that the USSR has ballistic missiles in Cuba. October 14th 1962 a U-2 flying over Cuba discovers missiles. Photos gathered by the flight shows evidence that USSR have missiles in Cuba. Letters go back and forth, and October 28 the missiles are out of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall built
This was built to separate the capitalism half, and the communist half of Germany’s capital Berlin. The Berlin Wall also separated East Germany and West Germany. -
Kennedy Assassination
November 22nd 1963 president John F. Kennedy was assassinated, unknown who did it, but there are many different theories. John was in Dallas Texas while in an open top convertible. This made an end to presidents driving unprotected. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader who protested non-violently .This event is also mysteriously vague at who had killed him. All we know is that while out on a balcony in front of his motel room, he was shot by a .30 caliber sniper rifle. -
First man on moon
The spaceflight Apollo 11 was the flight that landed the first humans on the moon. Before this there was a “space race” between the USA and USSR. The Americans won this race by putting the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. He stepped on the moon on July 21st 1969 at 2:56am. -
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Watergate
President Nixon is running for reelection. Fearing he may lose he sends burglars in to the Watergate Hotel to steal information. They are caught soon a case is being built against Nixon. Fearing impeachment he resigns. -
End of Vietnam War
After 11 years of violent fighting without any real gain or progress the USA pulls out of Vietnam. Back at home the people have long been tired of war. Protests have been mounting and its getting ugly. When the troops return home they don’t get any support or celebration. Many cannot find work and have mental problems from the horrible things they saw. -
Death of Elvis
Elvis Presley the king of rock and roll is found died in his home. He was only 42. Before his death he had won 45 gold records and sold more than one million of each. Over 80,000 people attended his funeral. Only his songs were played for the next few weeks. They nation mourned. -
Jonestown Massacre
918 people died, in making it the largest causalities from a non natural disaster. Jones the founder controlled the entire town. Nobody was allowed to leave without his permission. On the 18th Jones told everyone that the Americans were coming to torture there children and seniors. So he told them they all were going to commit a revolutionary act of suicide. Children were given a syringe of poison. Members of the group filled large kettles with grape flavor aid and mixed it with Cyanide. By the -
Release of the Walkman
Released by Sony in 1979. The small portable cassette player. Running on two batteries and fitting in your pocket. People began to use them for trips. This idea is the forerunner of the Ipod. This has changed the world as we know it. -
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens was the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in US history. From the eruption ash was released and 11 different states received ash from it. Thousands of animals were killed, 57 people, and cost 2.74 billion dollars to clean up results. -
First PC
The first IBM PC was introduced. This computer was designed for professionals scientists and problem solvers. The price came in at $20,000 dollars. Although it was very rudimentary and had very limited capabilities it market the beginning of the computer age. -
DNA first used
Professor Alec Jefferson discovered that every human being has a different string of DNA (except twins). DNA was first used in a court case the next year. Now DNA is a important part of modern law enforcement. -
New Coke hits market
Coke was starting to lose the battle against Pepsi. In effort to regain control of the market Coke creates a new recipe. Research says people will like it more and profits will rise. Instead people were never unhappy. People filed lawsuits, people bought "old" coke from overseas countries were new coke hadn't been released yet, and people pored bottles of new coke into the streets. Three months later coke released "old" coke under the name Coca-Cola Classic. -
Berlin Wall falls
The Soviet Union had a wall built to keep people from leaving their side of Germany. Citizens of Germany with US support go to the wall with hammers and chisels and piece by piece take it down. This marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. -
Hubble lauched
The Hubble space telescope was carried by a space shuttle in 1990, and is still in space today taking pictures. It cost 2.5 billion dollars to send up into space. It orbits Earth at 4.66 miles per hour. -
Desert Storm 1
At first this operation was called “OPERATION DESERT SHEID” because the US wanted to shield nearby countries from Iraqi forces. President Bush wanted “immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait," and the "restoration of Kuwait's legitimate government to replace the puppet regime installed by Iraq." -
9/11
A conspiracy of terrorist’ flew 2 planes into the twin towers in New York City, New York. Thousands of innocent lives died that were in the towers, and many volunteer firefighters died, plus other helpers. Now there’s more security in airports, and now we are in Afghanistan.
