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Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space whn he orbited the Earth once during a 108 minute flight. In 1960 Gagarin, a flighter pilot, was shortlisted for the Vostok 1 programee, which built on the success of Sputnik 1 just three years earlier.
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The March On Washington or The Great March On Washington, was one of the largest polotical rallies for human rights in the U.S. history.
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident also known as the USS Maddox incident , involved what were orignally claimed to be two seperate confrontations.
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He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in America. At 35 years of age, the Georgia-born minister was the yongest person ever to receive the award.
