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Korean War
North Korea War invades South Korean with 135,000 men, initiating Korean war. -
March 17, 1954
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., unanimously agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Cuban MIssile Crisis
For 13 days in October 1962, the world wiated, seemingly on the brink of nuclear war, and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the cuban Missile Crisis. -
John F. Kennedy is killed
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1st man on the moon