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long before the call of politics, Reagan signed to work with General Electric and began on the stepping stones that would lead him to the life of a politician. .
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In South Korea, Republic Of Korea elections. Many conservatives ousted by moderates
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McCarthy campaigns in 15 states in behalf of anti-Communist candidates. Conservatives' victories further increase his power and influence.
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Brown v. Board of Education was filed in Federal district court, in Kansas.
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Malcolm is released on parole, spends one night with Ella Collins, then goes to Detroit to live with his brother Wilfred.
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The U.S. Supreme Court calls for an end to segregation in public schools in their ruling on Brown vs. The Board of Education
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The Little Rock School Board issues a policy statement saying it will comply with the Supreme Court's decision when the Court outlines the method to be followed and the time to be allowed
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Johnson is elected Majority Leader of the Senate
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Emmett joins a group of teenagers, seven boys and one girl, to go to Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market for refreshments to cool off after a long day of picking cotton in the hot sun.
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Lennon's mother buys her son his first guitar. He forms the group the Quarrymen with friends Pete Shotton, Nigel Whalley and Ivan Vaughn
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Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.
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During the unsuccessful Albany, Georgia movement, King is arrested on July 27 and jailed.
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A rifle is found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building.
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one month before his assassination, Malcolm X, a militant advocate of African-American rights, denounced United States involvement in Vietnam. He said that Africans and African-Americans were on the same side as 'those little rice farmers'
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In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time were forced to revise their laws
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1968 Richard Milhous Nixon, the 55-year-old former vice president who lost the presidency for the Republicans in 1960, reclaims it by defeating Hubert Humphrey in one of the closest elections in U.S. history.
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Sihanouk Ousted in Cambodia: Prince Sihanouk's attempt to maintain Cambodia's neutrality while war waged in neighboring Vietnam forced him to strike opportunistic alliances with China, and then the United States. Such vacillating weakened his government, leading to a coup orchestrated by his defense minister, Lon Nol.
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United States helps overthrow Chile government
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the disco sound hit the top of the Billboard charts with “Rock The Boat,” by the Hues Corporation.
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Woodstock Reunion 1979 was a rock concert held in NY in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock festival.
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an angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage.
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AIDS was first reported.
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Six shots were fired at Reagan and his security detail at around 1:30 p.m. ET in Washington, D.C. One bullet struck the president in his left lung, barely missing his heart after ricocheting off the bullet proof limo.
