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Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll has changed the world ever since it’s originated in the 1950’s. For young people it was a fantastic change in music, they were tired of what style of music their parents were playing so they began to look so something new and Rock and Roll was just the thing. Yet not many parents approved, Rock ‘n’ Roll was often linked with drugs, suicide, violence and sex. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education is now known as one of the greatest Supreme Court choice in the 20th century. Basically it abolished the racial separation in all public schools. Even though it didn’t fully work or completely follow through, it put the Constitution back in place. -
Disneyland
Disneyland opened for a couple thousand specially invited visitors; the next day it officially opened to everyone. Long ago Walt Disney would take his two young daughters to play at a carousel in a park. While his children played he sat thinking and dreaming big about what he could do to make every child’s dreams come true while giving the parents something to do as well. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was wan African-American civil rights activist and is a key person in history. She became famous by her actions, which happened on December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks did not obey the bus driver, James Blake’s, orders. The bus driver told her that she had to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger that had just gotten on to the bus. Later she was arrested for her “civil disobedience.”
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Little Rock 9
This was a group of African American students that were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. This was where the students were prevented from entering the racial school. -
Bay of Pigs
In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban dictator and the US government did not trust him & they were very suspicious with his relationship with the leader of the Soviet Union. John F. Kennedy was told a plan from the CIA that would invade Cuba. The goal of this invasion was to overthrow Castro and make Cuba non-communist. President Eisenhower aproved of this in 1960 and on April 15,1961 eight bombers were sent to bomb Cuban airfields. On April 17, the Cuban-exile invasion force, landed along -
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landed along the Bay of Pigs and went under attack. After this attack some of the exiles escaped, but most of them surrendered. -
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gathered a group together called the Ex-Comm group. Then on October 22, the president released to the public about the missiles in Cuba and that he had a plan to quarantine the island. After negotiating, on October 28, Khrushchev said that he would take the missiles from Cuba and return them. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was part of the cold war. It was against the Soviet Union, Cuba, and the United States. Fidel Castro was looking for a way to defend his country against an attack from the US.He believed that the US was going to attack a second time. In 1962, near summer time, the Soviet Union worked very sevretly to place its' missiles in Cuba. On October 15, 1962 the US figured out that there were missiles being installed/placed in Cuba. When the presidednt, John F. Kennedy found out, -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an African-American human rights activist. He was known to be very courageous and he would stand up for the rights of blacks. Some people accused him that he was "preaching racism", violence, and "black supremacy". Although he was hated by people, he was also loved by many. He is knowns as one of the most influetial African-Americans in history. -
Civil Rights Act
This act overruled the Jim Crowe laws that were already in place. They voted 9-0 in favor of this act. This ended racial segregation. It ended the racial segregation in the schools, workplaces, buses, etc. The Civil Rights Act ended all of the racial, ethinic, and religous discriminations against people. -
First Man on the Moon
The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong, he was part of the Apollo 11 mission. The other men from Apollo 11, was Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Apollo 11 first launched at 9:32 in the morning on July 16, 1969. There were many people that came just to watch. Then on July 19, they entered the moons orbit and had to wait one full day to actually land on the moon. At 10:56 p.m Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and said something still known today, "That's one small step for a man, one -
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Abortion
In 1970, New York State went further with the law that lets abortions on demand happen through the 24th week from the LMP if it was performed by a doctor. Women who could afford it went to a few places where abortions were legal. -
The Kent State Massacre
This is also known as the May 4th Massacre or the Kent State Massacre. This involved the shooting of an unarmed college student by Ohio. Some students were shot while protesting against the Cambodian Campaign. Others were shot just due to being in the area and walking around while the shooting was happening. -
Watergate Scandal
This was a political scandal the happened in the United States as a result of the June 17th break-in at the Democratic National Committee. It all began with an arrest of five men for breaking and entering. This scandal eventually led to the reassignment of Richard Nixon -
Sears Tower
Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois and is the tallest building in the United States, and in 1974 it was built. This Skyscraper attracts around 1.5 million tourists every year. And on a clear day in Chicago you can see four states from the top. -
Jonestown Massacre
On November 18th 1978 the Jonestown Massacre killed 918 people and was the most deadly non-natural disaster in U.S. history. This was also the only day and time in all of history that a U.S. congressman was killed in the line of duty. -
John Lennon
On December 8th 1980, John Lennon was an English Musician who was loved by many and had lots of fame worldwide. He was shot my Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived. Shortly after when his death was reported,crowds gathered at the hospital. -
Bombing in Beirut
On October 23rd 1983 the two truck bombs hit separate buildings. Killing 299 American and French servicemen, and leaving 60 American injured. This was the deadliest single day death toll for the United State Marine Corps, since the Battle of Iwo Jima -
Cherynoble Disaster
The Cherynoble disaster was a huge nuclear accident that happened in Ukraine. There was a huge explosion and massive fire. This nuclear accident created large amounts of radioactive particles into the air, which is very dangerous for your health. This disaster is known as one of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. -
Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square protest occured in China in 1989. Students were protesting about China's leadership/government, but during their protest the military stepped in to stop. There were soldiers with guns and tanks were there. The civilians were unarmed and many innocent civilians died. There were thousands of casulties. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall started being built on Agaust 13, 1961. It diveded East and West Germany . It stood up for 28 years and this wall kept the people that lived in East Germany from going to the West. When the wall was destroyed, people celebrated all around the world. -
Hubble Telescope
The Hubble telescope was first launched into space on April 24, 1990. This telescope is named after Edwin Hubble , which was an astronomer. The Hubble can take very high quality images in space even when there is no light. This telescope has lead to many findings about space and the universe. -
Rodney King
On March 3, 1991 Rodney King was stopped on a street for speeding when the four police officers that had pulled him over starting beating him. It was reported that the police officers hit him more than 50 times with thier batons and they also kicked and shot him with stun guns. A man had heard the noise from outside, so he grabbed his camera and he started to viedo tape it. He then turned it over the a TV station and his video was showed over and over again the whole year, this caused many riots -
Oklahoma City Bombing
On April 19, 1995, a man named Timothy McVeigh drove a truck that containted a bomb that he had created up to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Builing. The bomb exploded at 9:02 a.m. and the building was destroyed. This tragedy killed 168 people. The bomb that was made weighed 5,000 pounds. Timothy McVeigh didn't work alone, he had help from a man named Terry Nichols. -
Hale Bopp Comet
The Hale Bopp Comet is known as one one the most observed comet in the 20th century. This comet was very bright and was seen around the world for 18 months, which is nine months longer than the comet that was the record holder before which was the Great Comet of 1811. -
Cloned Sheep
The first mammal to actually be cloned was a sheep named Dolly. She was born on July 5, 1996, but she died when she was six years old from lung disease. She was cloned by a process in science called the somatic cell nuclear transfer. The public first figured out about Dolly on February 22, 1997 and it was very popular from then after. -
Shoe Bomb
On December 22, 2001 there was an attempt to bomb an American Airlines airplane. There was a total of 197 total passengers that included the crew on the plane. Fortunately, this attempt from the shoe bomb failed because his sweat from his foot wouldn't let him ignite the bomb. -
Tsunami in Asia
On December 26, 2004 there was an 8.9 earthquake that hapened near Asia that caused a massive Tsunamie that hit Asia. Six countries were affected by this. More than 11,000 people died in this devestating disaster. -
Terri Shiavo
Terry Shiavo had cardiac arrest and was in a vegetative state and doctors didn't know if they should keep her on life support of not. Her husband, Michael wanted to end life support, but her parents thought otherwise. They went to court and on March 18, 2005 they decided to take out her feeding tube and on March 31, 2005, she died. -
Virginia Tech Massacre
32 people were killing by being shot by a student that was a senior at Virginia Tech.17 others were wounded from this. This is one of the worst college massacres ever. After the senior student had shot and killed people, he committed suicide. -
Airplane Crash in Hudson River
An airplane carrying 155 people crashed in the Hudson river on January 15, 2009. Only 15 people were needed to go to the hospital for treatment and there were no fatalities. The plane was heading to North Carolina and was only in air for three minutes when it had crashed into the Hudsdon River. -
Hati
The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 people and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. This horrible earthquake occurred on Tuesday, January the 12th, 2010. Still today they are trying to recover from all the damage done. -
Tornado in Joplin, Missouri
Tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. This was the third tornado to strike Joplin since May 1971. This tornado killed 158 people and injured 1,150 others. And did damage that costed up to $2.8 billion. -
Colorado Shootng
A man armed with a gun and wearing a gas mask began to fire shots during a midnight showing at suburban Denver Movie Theater. There was at least 12 people killed and 59 people that were injured. This was a very serious tear filled night for many families and bypasses. -
Sandy Hook Shooting
Twenty-six people 20 students and six adults (children ages 6 and 7) were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14th Approximately 700 students were present. The door was locked when the gunman arrived. But that didn’t keep in from running in to take our children’s lives away. -
Girls Held Hostage
For nerly ten years women and young girls where held hostage in the basement of a Cleveland home. One was kidnapped at 14 years old while walking home from school. Another woman was offered a ride home and then tricked and taken to his house instead.
