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Cold war conflict between Communist and Non-Communist Forces on Korean Peninusula.
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President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to battle
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Limited the president to on Two Terms
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President Truman removes Gen. Douglas MacArthur as head of U.S. Far East Command
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Becomes a United States common wealth
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First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands
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Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president
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Armistice agreement is signed
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Joseph McCarthy turned his attention to "exposing" communist infilteration of the Armed services
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Declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
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Because Till whistled at a White Women he was later Kidnapped, burtally beaten, Shot, and dumped into the Tallahatchie River.
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The First black teenagers to attend an all-white Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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First American satellite is launched
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President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island.
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Dr. Martin Luther King jr, Delivers The famous "Ihave A Dream" Speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tex.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
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Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures necessary to defend U.S. forces and prevent further aggression/
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State troopers attack peaceful demonstrators led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they try to cross bridge in Selma, Ala
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Miranda v. Arizona: Landmark Supreme Court decision further defines due process clause of Fourteenth Amendment and establishes Miranda rights
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Is shot and killed in Memphis. Tenn
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Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles, Calif.
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U.S. and Soviet Union sign strategic arms control agreement
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Senate select committee begins televised hearings to investigate watergate cover-up
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Nixon resigns; he is succeeded in office by his vice president, Gerald Ford.
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President Carter signs treaty agreeing to turn control of Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec. 31, 1999.
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President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan
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Discovered in 5 Homosexual healthy Men. Didnt have a name at first but then Doctors gave it this name. This virus has increased to many parts of the world.
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U.S. hostages held in Iran are released after 444 days in captivity
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President Reagan is shot in the chest by John Hinckley, Jr.
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Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first woman Supreme Court justice
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Deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution passes without the necessary votes
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Reagan's second inauguration
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members
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U.S. bombs military bases in Libya in effort to deter terrorist strikes on American targets
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George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president
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Iran-Contra scandal breaks when White House is forced to reveal secret arms-for-hostages deals
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In a speech in Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” and open Eastern Europe to political and economic reform.
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Oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil
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President Bush signs legislation to provide for federal bailout of nearly 800 insolvent savings and loan institutions
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Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War
