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U-2 Spy Plane Incident
American politicians and the military were satisfied. At last a spyplane excelling all modern analogies had been created. It had already flown over the territories of different countries for several years with great success. Up to now it had flown in perfect security anywhere. Neither fighter nor missile could reach this invulnerable aircraft. It was the time to use the spyplane over Russian territory. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States, along with South Vietnamese. Trying to stop the spread of communism. Engaged in a war that many viewed as having no way to win the U.S. Lost the American public’s support for the war. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Cuba
The bay of pigs invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Increasing friction between the US government and castros leftist regime led presidnet Dwight D. Eisenhower to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. Even before that, the Central Intelligence Agency had been training anti-revolutionary Cuban exiles for a possible invasion of the island. The invasion plan was approved by JFK. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Once operational, these nuclear-armed weapons could have been used cities and military targets in most of the continental United States. -
March on Washington And I have a Dream Speech
The 1963 March on Washington, in which a quarter of a million people demonstrated for civil rights on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial, was the largest demonstration for human rights that the country had ever seen. It was the idea of A. Philip Randolph, the aging founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, who had been a labor and civil rights activist for nearly four decades. -
President Kenedy's Assasination
United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 PM Central time. He was on a campaign and support trip through the south, in the united states in anticipation of the upcoming 1964 presidential election. Kennedy was fatally wounded by multiple gunshot wounds while riding in an open-top automobile. Texas Governor John B Connally was also severely injured in the same assassination attempt. -
Civil Right's Act of 1964 is Signed
Was a landmark piece of legislation in the Untied States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended up unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace, and by facilities that served the general public. Some powers were given to enforce the act initially weak, but were supplemented during later years. -
Malcom X's Assasination
He passed away on february 21, 1965 in the ballroom at Washington Heights Hotel. The person charged with the killing of Malcolm X was Thomas Hagan. The police rescued Malcom from the crowd after he had been beaten and shot. After Malcolm X's autopsy they found out that he had died of multiple gunshot wounds. They also found bullets of two different calibers and shotgun pellets in his body. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assasination
On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennesee. King was shot at 6:01 a.m. through his cheek, breaking his jaw, neck and several vertebrae. It also severed his jugular vein before lodging itself into his shoulder. He was then rushed to the Hospital and doctors opened up his chest and started to preform an open-heart massage. He was later pronounced dead. -
Robert Kennedy's Assasination
On June 5th 1968 Robert Kennedy, JFK's brother, got assasinated. The shots were fired upon Kennedy as he walked through the Kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was around 12:10 a.m. Voting polls had closed for the presidential primary, which he had won, only the day before. -
Apollo 7 Launch
Apollo 7 blasted off Oct. 11, 1968, This was the frst time with men aboard. About 13 minutes later the elliptical orbit was achieved 140 by 183 miles above Earth. They Orbited the earth about 163 times. After about 10 days in space the ship landed in the Atlantic, southeast of Bermuda, less than 2 kilometers from the planned drop. -
Apollo 8 Launch
Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy on Dec. 21, 1968, It took them 61 hours, 8 minutes, 54 seconds to get to the moon a little while longer they lost communication when they went to the dark side of the moon. Six telecasts were conducted during the mission. They said “Good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas and God bless all of you all of you on the good Earth". They splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 10:51 a.m. They were about 5,100 yards from where they were supposed to land. -
First Man on the Moon
The first man on the moon was Lance Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission. The second man on the moon was Buzz Aldrin. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a counter culture event that took place in the New York State in August of 1969. It was the biggest rock concert ever consisting of a little less than 500,000 people! It was 3 days filled with peace and music. Fact: It rained the whole 3 days and there was no showers and there was a food shortage
