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Elvis releases "Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley was infulenced by many types of music varying from R&B to Gospe.l in 1956 Elvis realesed his first hit single "Hound Dog". ELvis became an international sensation and is known as the king of rock rock and roll -
Heyday
this is when alabama won the footbal game of the century -
assination of JFK
on november 22 1963 in dallas texas JFK was killed on a campagin tour by being shot it the head by lee harvey oswald -
Desegeration of University of Alabama
during the desegregation of alabama university many people were opposed ti the concept of intergrated schools and formed riots out side and wound up killing two people that werent even black. -
Moon Landing
neil armstrong and buzz aldrin and some others landed on the moon. america won."one small step for man one giant leap for mankind' -
Hippie Movement (summer of love)
durning this summer, members of the counterculture of hippies all gathered in the Hiaght-Ashbury town in san fran. the hippies brought the counterculture into more mainstream views. the hippies brought a melting pot of sex drugs and other cultures with them. -
Watergate Scandal
the watergate scandal occured in the democratic headquarters at watergate. -
Nixon Resigns
After the watergate scandall Nixon resigns. Nixon has been the only president to resign to this day.Nixon resigned "for the good of the country" but we all know it was because he was about to be impeached. -
Hurricane Carmen
hurricane carmen was a catagory 4. hurricane carmen origanated in africa and traveled through the carrabien sea. 100,000 people were evacuated and it caused 162 million dollars in damage. -
Apple Inc.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak dropped out of college and started creating up to date and state of the art technology.Steves completed many projects that paid for themselves without needing to sell stocks.Steve jobs was showing a rich Japanese guy his computers and he wanted to invest so apple was created -
Bobby Kennedy assassination
while BFK was running for president he was shot in the kitchen of his hotel. Sirhan Sirhan was the assassian. BFK died 26 hours after the assualt in Good Semeritan hospital. -
AIDs
After the AIDs epidemic in the US 3% of black men and 1%of women are living with HIV or AIDs.During rhis time everyone was very careful to not touch any "sispicious" people and most chuchs even stopped the use on the communal wine cup.AIDs is more common in poorer areas.
