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Baby Boom
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Iron Curtain
Iron CurtainBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at a college graduation in Fulton, Missouri. -
The Truman Doctrine
Truman DoctrineThe Truman Doctrine was issued promising U.S. support for armed opposition to communists across the globe. -
Desegregates Military
President Truman desegregates the US Armed Forces by signing Executive Order 9981. -
Korean War Begins
North Korean leader Kim Il Sung goes to Moscow to ask Soviet leader Josef Stalin's permission to invade South Korea and begin the Korean War. -
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China Enters
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Cease Fire
The Geneva Accords creates a cease-fire for the peaceful withdrawal of the French from Vietnam and gives them a temporary boundary between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel. -
South Vietnam
South Vietnam declares itself the Republic of Vietnam, with a new president Ngo Dinh Diem. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded this Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On this bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLCThe Southern Christian Leadership Conference, comprised of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Charles K. Steele and Fred L. Shuttlesworth, was established. -
Little Rock Nine
Little NineOn Monday, Sept. 23, when school resumed, Little Rock policemen surrounded Central High where more than 1,000 people gathered in front of the school. -
US and Japan
U.S. and Japanese diplomatic and military leaders agreed to revise the 1997 Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation, increase security and defense collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, and advance the realignment of American troops in Japan. -
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Cuba and Soviet Union
Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their policies. -
Nuclear War Almost begins
Photographs taken by a high-altitude U-2 spy plane offered incontrovertible evidence that Soviet-made medium-range missiles in Cuba -
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Cuban Missles Crisis
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No Missles
No MisslesKhrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba -
Wshington March
More than 250,000 people join in the March on Washington. Congregating at the Lincoln Memorial, participants listened as Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
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JFK Dead
JFK DeadJohn F. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. Almost 30 years later, Congress enacted the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.In response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -
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Vietnam War
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Tet Offense
Tet offenseThe North Vietnamese join forces with the Viet Cong to launch the Tet Offensive, attacking approximately one hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns. -
Mai Lai massacre
U.S. soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the town of Mai Lai. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh dies at the age of 79 of a heart attack in Hanoi. North Vietnamese -
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Cambodia
resident Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack enemy locations in Cambodia. This news sparks nationwide protests, especially on college campuses. -
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Easter Offensive
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No More War
President Nixon orders the first of many U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. -
