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1960-1969
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Nazi
Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina -
Cuba
U.S. breaks relations with Cuba. -
Space
Russia announces sending the first man into space! -
Berlin Wall
East Germany created Berlin Wall to stop the Refugees from entering. -
BOOM!
USSR fires hydrogen bomb, biggest explosion in history. -
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New Independent Countries
Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda,Tobago and Trinidad become independent. -
Communism
China splits from the Soviet Union over Communism Ideology -
U.S. In Space!
John H. Glenn, Jr., is first American to orbit Earth -
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Cuba
USSR to build missile bases in Cuba -
Pope Dies
Pope John XXIII dies -
Civil Rights
Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King delivers “I have a dream” speech. -
Kennedy Assasinated
President Kennedy shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. -
New President!
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. -
Malcom X
Malcolm X shot to death at Harlem. -
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment. -
Robert Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy is shot and killed. -
Nixon President
Nixon gets inaugurated. Becomes 37th president -
Sources
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