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Gerald Ford
The Gerald Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento was
on September 5, 1975, effort by Charles Manson Family cult member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme to kill President of the United States Gerald Ford in California. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. Syria, United States of America, India, Turkey, Brazil, and more were involved with the united nations. Without the UN people the world wouldn't have changed as much. -
NATO/Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was made by the prompt of the United States and 11 other Western nations for form a North Atlantic Treaty organization called the NATO. Basically the NATO is an alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949. -
Brown vs Board
The brown vs board was from the United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Unconstitutional means separated from black and whites. For instance, whites were more treated well than blacks. For example, whites had better schools, better food, and if black people were sitting somewhere the white people can kick them out of it. No one ever listened to them and they seemed invisible. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Daley Plaza. Also, other than the assassination he set the challenge to go to the moon by the end of the 60's -
Jimmy Carter
The Congress passes Emergency Natural Gas Act. Which is allowing the President, Jimmy Carter, to get rid of natural gas prices due to a shortage in supply. Carter signs the bill and announces plans to present an energy program to Congress. He later proposes the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Energy. All these things changed the world today making the world and everything around much more simple. -
Space Shuttle Challenger
This space shuttle blew up in 1983. The thing that caused the space shuttle challenger to explode was the loss of the challenger that was caused by an external tank explosion. Also the space shuttle broke apart because gasses in the external fuel tank mixed, exploded, and tore the space shuttle apart. The external fuel tank exploded after a rocket booster came loose and ruptured the tank. That's how the space shuttle challenger and the crew died. -
Baby Boom
The baby born group are a democratic group made up during the world war ll baby boom. These people are between 53 and 71 years old. Baby boom is basically a group that counts how the birth rates increase and more. -
Tax Cut
Tax cuts of 2001 were reduced revenue to the government, while spending continued to increase partly due to the expensive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the federal government racked up large amount of money. The person was George W. Bush that did this and people were mad and some were not. Also due with something called the "Tea Party." -
The Social Network Revolution
The first social media site that was seen was called the Six Degrees that was created in 1997. It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users. In 1999, the first blogging sites became popular, creating a social media sensation that's still popular today. For example, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. All those things are basically over rated with things going on in the world everyday. Social media is a great place to see and find new and interesting things. -
Documents from Joe McCarthy
This date represents documents that were made by Joe McCarthy. Some examples are, Series introduction/President Obama’s Birth Certificate,The Nineteenth Amendment, John Snow’s cholera map, 1854 Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’, The Internet Protocol, 1981 The AIDS Memorial Quilt, An 18 1/2-minute presidential mystery and much more. All of these are really important or were really important to the world and some of these things changed the world from Joe McCarthy. -
Financial Crisis 2008
The Financial Crisis 2008 has been the worst crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930's. It occurred despite aggressive efforts by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to prevent the U.S. banking system from collapsing. Which means everything went down and it was very horrifying.
