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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.
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President John Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited job discrimination based on race and sex.
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Malcolm X is shot by some followers of Elijah Muhammad as he is about to deliver a speech in Manhattan.
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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN.
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Robert F. Kennedy, a democratic presidential candidate, is assassinated during a speech in the California primary.
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong declares his famous quote, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind," when he becomes the first person to walk on the moon.
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In 1969, John Lennon told the other band members that he was leaving the group, and in 1970, Paul McCartney publically announced that he was leaving the band.
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18 year olds gain the right to vote by the 26th Amendment.
