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JFK became the 35th president of the United States.
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A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet
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Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
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Congress enacted"equal pay for equal work" legislature for women.
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32,000 people make 54-mile "freedom march" from Selma to Montgomery.
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Stores and businesses shut down for the entire weekend and Monday, in tribute.
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The Ajax Wrecking and Lumber Corporation was hired for the demolition work, which began on March 21, 1966 to clear the site for construction of the World Trade Center.
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United States president Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act act dealing with Daylight Saving Time.
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Communist China announces the H Bomb.
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The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.