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The Vietnam War was between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 created the Interstate Highway system, one of the biggest projects in U.S. history.
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The U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I, signifying the U.S. entry into the "space race"
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Sit-in demonstrations begin in North Carolina as Black students protest segregation at a Woolworth's lunch counter. .
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John F. Kennedy wins the election of 1960
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JFK is Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas
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Martin Luther King assassinated by James Earl Ray
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Nixon Elected President in 1968 election