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John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in the presidential race. Picture:http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0825_tech_candidates/4.htm Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1960.html
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John F. Kennedy becomes president. Picture:http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/01/09/kennedy-inauguration-cp-606.jpg Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1961.html
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A Cuban blockade is made by Kennedy when there is a missle threat. It was taken away when Russia addmitted defeat. Picture: http://www.ri.net/schools/Smithfield/gms/walls/Cuba/ Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1962.html
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President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, TX. Picture:
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Jack Ruby was convicted of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated John F. Kennedy Picture:
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Malcom X, black-nationalist leader shot to death at Harlem Rally. Picture : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042702985.html?hpid=artslot Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1965.html
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The "Miranda warning" was a law that said people being accused of a crime had to be told their rights. Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7388762@N03/4211961000/ Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1966.html
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Thurgood Marshall was sworn as the first black US supreme court justice. Picture: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/marshallthrgd/aa_marshallthrgd_law_3_e.html Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1967.html
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Martin Luther King. Jr. was assassinated in Mephis Picture: http://jaypeeonline.net/events/mlk-day/ Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1968.html
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Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin take the first walk on the moon. Picture: http://iwanticewater.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/the-final-frontier/ Website: http://www.infoplease.com/year/1969.html
