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The SNCC was established in 1960 as a result of student-led sit-ins segregated lunch counters throughout the South, and it quickly rose to prominence as the main vehicle for student involvement in the civil rights struggle -
Kennedy v. Nixon.
The power of television brought elections into Americans' Living rooms, and their first broadcast debate changed how presidential campaigns were conducted. 70 million Americans watched the debate live, turning it into an electronic spectator sport. (Paraphrased from Constitution Center) -
When "The Flintstones" debuted on September 30, 1960, it was already prehistoric by design. The first animated primetime television program still receives references in contemporary popular culture 60 years after its premiere. In some ways, it appears even older. In other others, it seems unexpectedly modern. -
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JFK was a politician from the US who presided over the country as its 35th president in 1961. He was the youngest president to take office by election and the youngest president to leave office. -
In the Space Race, the Soviet Union emerged as the overwhelming winner. Yuri Gagarin, the first man to travel into space, completes one circle of the Earth while aboard the Vostok 1. Before landing in Saratov Oblast, west Russia, he spent an hour and 48 minutes in space. -
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Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 60th home run of the Major League Baseball campaign, tying Babe Ruth's single-season mark. -
A non-ideological plea for participatory democracy was made in the 25,700-word document, which was based on non-violent civil disobedience and the notion that each citizen could participate in the social decisions that affected their standard of living.
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On October 2, 1962, James Meredith formally enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. He was under the relentless verbal hazing of a minority of pupils while being protected by reserve U.S. deputy marshals and army personnel
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a 35-day conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union also known as the Missile Scare, the Caribbean Crisis in Russia, or the October Crisis in Cuba.
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Kennedy had the option of conducting airstrikes against the sites where the missiles were being built, but he chose to negotiate with Khrushchev so that the Soviets would remove the missiles in exchange for the United States not invading the island. Without a doubt, by caving into Khrushchev's demands, the U.S. won the war.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Flushing, Queens, hosts a historic world's fair pavilion. It was created in 1962 by architects Philip Johnson and Richard Foster and structural engineer Lev Zetlin for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist clergyman, and American civil rights leader, made his famous speech "I Have a Dream" on August 28, 1963, as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. King demanded the abolition of racism in the US and the protection of civil and economic rights in his speech.
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The Watts riots, also known as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, occurred in the Los Angeles suburb of Watts and its neighboring areas from August 11 to August 16, 1965. African-American male Marquette Frye, age 21, was arrested for drunk driving on August 11, 1965.
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a sociological phenomenon that took place in the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco in the summer of 1967 when up to 100,000 people, predominantly young people wearing hippie trends of dress and conduct, congregated there.
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On June 13, 1967, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to fill the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States being vacated by Tom C. Clark.
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After using it on humans during MKULTRA, the US government outlawed it as part of the "War on Drugs." It is possible to experience negative psychological reactions including anxiety, paranoia, and delusions
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South Vietnamese sites were the focus of the concerted attack by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces -
April 4, 1968
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a number of anti-Vietnam War protests that happened before and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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The Stonewall riots, often referred to as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall insurrection, or just Stonewall, were a series of unplanned demonstrations by LGBT people in response to a police raid.
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American astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when they became the first people to set foot on the moon. -
a music event in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of Woodstock, from August 15 to 18, 1969.
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