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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing
This was the first attack with the Nuclear bombs on Japan. It happened during WWII. The decision was made by Harry S. Truman.
Six days later on August 9, 1945 the United States bombed Nagasaki, Japan with another Nuclear bomb.
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson plays his first game with the Dodgers and integrates major league baseball. He is known for breaking major league color barriers.
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Korean War (1950-1953)
Conflict between communist (North Korea) and non communist (South Korea) forces of Korea, US enters war by approval of President Truman to help aid the south part of the country.
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Dwight Eisenhower (1953)
Eisenhower is elected as 34th president of the US. One of his biggest contributions was signing the Civil Rights Bill of 1957.
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Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
Supreme court ended federal tolerance of racial segregation in schools. Black and white can now go to the same school. This case was based off the protests of the Plessy vs. Ferguson case.
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Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Conflict between communist forces of North Vietnam and non communist forces of South Vietnam backed up by the US. The US withdrew in 1973, as many as 58,000 Americans and 3 million people overall were killed.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating, led by MLK.
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The "Pill" is approved (1960)
The FDA approves words first commercially produced birth control.
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Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Soviet Union secretly installs missile bases in Cuba, JFK finds out and gets prepared to use military forces if need be.
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March on Washington (1963)
Rev. Martin Luther King delivered his "I have a Dream" speech during a political rally led by activists for equality for African Americans.
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JFK Assassination (1963)
President, John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, in Dallas, TX. His assassination led to many other US events such as war in Vietnam, conspiracy theories, and more.
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Civil Rights Act (1964)
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, or origin.
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MLK Assassination (1968)
Rev. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, TN by James Earl Ray.
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RFK Assassination (1968)
Senator Robert F. Kennedy (JFK's brother) is assassinated in Los Angeles, California by a Palestinian named Sirhan Sirhan.
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Richard Nixon (1969)
Nixon is elected as the 37th President of the United States. He resigned office after the Watergate Scandal.
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The Stonewall Riots (1969)
A police raid of the Stonewall Inn–a gay club located in New York turns violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the police.
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First Moon Landing (1969)
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to land on the moon.
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26th Amendment is Ratified (1971)
The 26th amendment of the Constitution is ratified, changing the voting age from 21 to 18.
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Jimmy Carter (1977)
Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th President of the United States. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.
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Spread of AIDS in US (1980)
AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are becoming more widespread in the US, with more cases of deaths.
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Ronald Reagan (1981)
Ronald Reagan becomes the 40th president of the United States, on March 30th his is shot in the chest by John Hinckley but survives.
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Challenger Explodes (1986)
The American shuttle orbiter (Challenger) exploded 73 seconds after lift off, killing the seven astronauts on board.
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George H. Bush (1989)
George H. Bush becomes 41st president of the United States.
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Persian Gulf War (1991)
U.S. leads international coalition in military operation to drive Iraqis out of Kuwait.
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Bill Clinton (1993-94)
Bill Clinton is inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States. In 1994, Paula Jones files lawsuit against president Clinton for sexual harassment.
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Columbine Shooting (1999)
Columbine High School in Littleton, CO was the victim of a school shooting. Leaving 14 students dead, 1 teacher, and 23 students wounded.
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George W. Bush (2001)
George W Bush becomes 43rd President of the United States.
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9/11 Attacks (2001)
Two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, killing more than 3,000 people. It was the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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No Child Left Behind Act
This act supports standard based education reform. This requires states to assess their schools, this was the way to get school funding.
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Iraq War
The Iraq war begins after Saddam Hussein and his sons do not leave Iraq within the 48 hour limit. The war was marked by indiscriminate ballistic-missile attacks, extensive use of chemical weapons and attacks on third-country oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina devastates Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 1,836 people were killed, $81 billion in damage.
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United States-Mexico Border
President Bush signs a bill for the 700 mile fence along the border for border security and to cut down on illegal immigration.
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Virginia Tech Massacre
At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA, 32 students at Virginia Tech were killed by Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at the university.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massacre-at-virginia-tech-leaves-32-dead -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama wins the election and becomes first ever African American President
Achievements: Has created a better economy according to job growth across the country, and lower levels of unemployment rates, anti-terrorist movements, health care improvements etc
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Haiti Earthquake
The Haiti earthquake hit with a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw near Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital and an estimated three million people were affected by the quake. 52 after shocks were recorded measuring 4.5 or greater. As estimated by the Haitian government at least 230,000 were killed in Haiti and 3,000,000 were left homeless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake -
BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
The worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean and Gulf coastlines over night.
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
Navy Seal teams found and killed Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was launched from Afghanistan. Afterwards however, U.S. military officials buried him at sea in accordance with Islamic tradition.
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Floods in Australia
Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
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Benghazi Terrorist Attacks
A series of terrorist attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the US, opinions are divided over whether the attacks are a reaction to a YouTube trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
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Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
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U.S. Cuban Relations Resume
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to “cut loose the shackles of the past” and sweep aside one of the last vestiges of the Cold War,
by announcing the resumption of normal relations between the U.S. and Cuba https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/1990-2015-a0bea46b-62e0-4f2b-9172-8427eccefdee -
Queen Elizabeth II
With a reign of almost 64 years, Queen Elizabeth ll has witnessed the beginning and ending of the Cold War, the moon landing and the invention and proliferation of the Internet, all from the comfort of her own throne. -
2016 Upcoming Elections
Things are about to drastically change with this upcoming election. If Trump is elected, he will not just be the oldest American president, but the first one in more than 60 years without having spent time either as a governor or in Congress. (AKA no political experience).
Clinton spent eight years as First Lady campaigning for expanded health insurance and women's rights. Following that, she served as the US Senator for another 8 years.
