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recorded august 15, 1952 it spent 7 weeks at #1 in the R&B charts. The song 'hound dog" was the best selling song in the rock 'n' roll revolution.
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Paul Bryant was made most famous as the coach of the University of Alabama football team. He he;d the record for the most wins in collegiate history in 1982.
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Alabama governor George Wallace blocked the door at Alabama University when African-american students tried to sign up. Wallace was eventually removed by the national guard.
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JFK was shot and killed at age 46 in an open car in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The Vietnam war lasted from 1955 to 1975. The war pitted north Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the south Vietnam and their American allies.
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The hippie culture was anti war and pro peace. They adopted the slogan "make love not war."
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Robert was shot on his way through the kitchen of the ambassador hotel by sirhan sirhan and he died 26 days later.
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The US was the first country to land a man on the moon beating the USSR in the space race. Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon of the Apollo 11 flight.
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John Linnon and his wife Yoko stared in an interview on the talk show the Dick Cavett show.
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Relations between America and China were not good after WWII and ping pong was an in for Nixon to visit China. Over the course of a week he helped American build a relationship with china.
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Wallace ran for president 4 times and was seen as the most influential candidate. He was shot 5 times by a man named Arthur Bremer paralyzing him.
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A group that was connected to Nixon made a break-in at the Watergate hotel and was caught in the act by a security guard. The break-in caused Nixon to close down his office and this was the only time any president has done this.
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Disco sprang up in the wake of the 1969 stonewall riots. Disco was made popular for most all of the 70s.
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Nixon lost most of his political supporters from the Watergate break in. After he resigned he was given a pardon by Genrald Ford.
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Hurricane Carmen was the most intense hurricane of the 1974 hurricane season. The hurricane killed 8 people and caused $162 Million in damage.
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Ford was speaking in capitol park when when a girl raised his gun from the front row and attempted to shoot him but the gun wouldn't go off.
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Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Today apple is the worlds largest information technology company by revenue.
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Linnon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman and Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life for his crime.
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The earliest case of HIV/AIDs is thought to be a teenager named Robert Rayford.
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Reagan's assassination attempt happened 69 days into his presidency. Along with the president 3 others were shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
