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US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba after 1959 Cuban Revolution. Later we created an Embargo with Cuba.
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Became the 35th president of America!
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Established in 1961 and is an American volunteer program with three goals; Provide techinical assistance to foreigh countrys, aslo to help them understand US coulture, and to help Americans understand the coultures of foreign countrys.
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An unsuccessful CIA mission to invade southern Cuba and overthrow their leader, Fidel Castro.
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Also know as OPEC, consisted of 12 oil exporting countries. Their goal was to unify and descuss members petroleum policies.
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When American military advisors landed in Saigon that was the day the war officiallt started
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This year he became the first American astronaut to completly obrit the earth.
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Marilyn Monroe died of an overdose from barbiturate poisoning. She was only 36 when she died.
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The closest nucular confrentation America had with the USSR.
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A treaty was signed banning nuclear testing in the armosphere, outterspace, and under water.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I"I Have a Dream" speech in Washington. It was the largest political rallie for human rights in America ever.
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Former president JOhn F Kennedy was assinated in Dallas, Texas shortly after Lyndon Johnson, the v.p. at the time became president. THe man who killed JFK was later shot on his way to jail.
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The year The Beatles first came to America
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Proposed by President Lyndon B. Johnson was Aimed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.
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The Civil RIghts Act was passed and it outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, it also ended racial segregation in the United States.
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Malcom X a muslim minister, human rights activist, and public speaker was assassinated in Harlem, New York.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) a civil rights activist group, led the first of several anti-war marches in Washington, D.C., with cose to 25,000 protesters.
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Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that were responsible for not letting African Americans vote in the US
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(USDOT or DOT) is a Federal cabinent in our government that devotes all its time to transportation services.
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Television networks such as;NBC, CBS and ABC were in full color lineups for their prime-time schedules.
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The first ever Super Bowl is played, with the Green Bay Packers playing against the the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers won this superbowl 35–10.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was killed this day.
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Provided equal housing opportunities for everyone regardless of creed, national orgin, or race.
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Signed by the United States it was designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology. Itw goal was to promote peaceful uses for nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament
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Richard Nixon the Republican nominee and former Vice President won the election against his opponent the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
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The day Nixon was sworn in and officially became president
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Neil Armstrong Walked on the moon, and was the fist man to ever do it.
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Took place in White Lake, New York and became an enormously successful musical and cultural gathering.
