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First Organ Transplant
The first organ transplant took place at Mary hospital on June 17, 1950. The called it " a desperate experiment on a woman doomed to die" The womans name was Ruth Tucker, age 49. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
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Rosa Parks and the Mongomery Boycotts
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Central High School intergrated in Little Rock Arkansas
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John Kennedy elected
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Freedom Riders
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First Wal-Mart opens
The first Wal-Mart opened in 1962. In Rogers, Arkansas. Opened by Sam Walton. The idea behind Wal-Mart was to provide people with the lowest prices anytime, anywhere. -
Marilyn Monroe found dead
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home. She was 36 years oldd when she died. Los Angeles police said it was a probable suicide, but some believed it was a murder. No murder charges were filed. It has become one of the most debated conspircy theorys of all time. -
Rachel Carson writes Silent Spring
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Feminie Mystique is published
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March on Washington
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Assassination of John Kennedy
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Civil Rights Act signed by Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Johnson re-elected President
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Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom X was assassinated on Febuary 21,1965. He was an African American Muslim ministor, and a human right activist. He has 21 gun shot wounds. -
March on Selma
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Riots in WATTS
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Cesar Chavez farm workers strike
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Founding conference for NOW
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First Super bowl
The first Super Bowl took place on January 15,1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs by the score 35-10. -
TET Offensive
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Massacre at My Lai
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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First Sesame Street Airs
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Man on Moon
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Woodstock
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Nixon becomes President
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First Earth Day observed
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Beatles Break up
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Kent State Protesters killed
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VCRS indroduced
Video Cassette Recording was introduced in 1971 by Philps. It was an early domestic analog format design. The VCR used huge square cassette tapes. -
ERA passes Congress as a proposed amendment
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SALT 1 summit
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Watergate scandal
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Title IX (sports) is passed
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Roe vs. Wade passed
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Wounded Kneww and FBI clash
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OPEC oil embargo
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Nixon resighns and Ford becomes President
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Microsoft founded
Microsoft was first founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Bill Gates. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft develops, mannufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software and electronics. -
Elvis Found dead
Elvis was an American musician. Says drug uses was heavily implicated in Preselys death. Elvis had an enlarged heart, with drug usage made it worse, easier for him to pass away without the enlarged heart -
Sony inrtoduces walkman
On July 1,1979, Sony Corp. introduced the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14-ounce, blue and silver, portable casset player. Origonally the Walkman was first called the " Sound-About," and in the UK it was called the " Stowaway"
