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Kennedy moves into White House after beating Nixon in election.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
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Pres. Kennedy was shot while in a car in Dallas Texas, he was the youngest president to die.
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On this date the Beatles play their first Ed Sulivan show. 73 milliion people watched the show, and beatlemania began. The beatles were one of the most defining musicians in the decade.
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the first game was played in the astrodome on this date, it was the first roofed stadium.
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Pres Johnson ordered bombing on Vietnam, The Vietnam War began to become much bigger and much more violent. lots of Americans opposed the war from this day forth.
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Walt Disney dies of cancer but left a large mark, many amusment parks and cartoons were made off his early comics and ideas.
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Surgeon Christian Barnard performs first heart transplant on Louis Washkansky who had a heart disease. The surgery was a sucsess but Louis died shortly after.
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MLK Jr. was shot outside a motel on this date.
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America's first African American elected into congress
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Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldren land on Moon after the trip on Apollo 11.
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This was the first day of the Woodstock music festival, It was also called 3 days of pe peace and music.
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