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Last French battle in Vietnam in which they were defeated by Vietnamese revolutionaries.
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Linda Brown sued the Topeka School Board for not allowing her to attend her neighborhood school due to her race.
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Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
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After Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus, many African Americans refused to use the buses.
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House of Representatives passed the bill.
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Date when the "Little Rock Nine" returned to Central High School where they were enrolled.
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Eisenhower doctrine enacted for the first time when he lands troops in Lebanon to protect regimesw that he feels are threatened by Communism.
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Over Soviet airspace an American spyplane was shot down, but when Eisenhower tried to deny its true purpose the soviets produced remains from the plane and the still living piolet.
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Arrived in New Orleans to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia.
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Arrested for demonstrating without a permit. This occured after King and protestors were assulted by the police.
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Martin Luther delivers his speech from steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted.
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Senate and House passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowing the president to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to pprevent further aggresion."
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US military troops arrived in Vietnam for military action.
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When 122 US colleges held the event over radio for more than 100,000 anti war demonstraters.
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Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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During the Vietnamese new year North Vietnam and Vietcong launched a massive surprise attack in varies places throughout South Vietnam.
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When National Guard troops fired on US students who were protesting US involvment in Vietnam and the invasion of Cambodia.
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Nixon ordered the Christmas bombings, an eleven day campaign, to make North and South Vietnam negociate the end of the war.
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Involvment of US in Vietnam has ended