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Desegregation of the Military
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/teacher-resources/truman-a-philip-randolph-and-the-desegregation-of-the-armed-forces President Truman had ended segregation of the military and staff from many branches of the government had protested of the desegregation. Until the Korean War is when full integration of the military had come. -
Elvis became the King of rock
Elvis Presley was born January 8,1935 and became known as the "King of Rock" and also the "King". He was not only singer but also a actor. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ihy0njUS2u0 -
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Vietnam War
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war
The Vietnam War was a war between the North and South Vietnam. The U.S. helped out the South Vietnam. With the U.S backing out of the war Vietnam became communist. -
University of Alabama Desegregation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/university-of-alabama-desegregated The desegregation of the University was an historic event, that had many protest of the African Americans attending the schools. Many of white protesters used hateful words and disturbing posters to prevent them from attending school. -
Martin Luther King Jr. gets assassinated
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination Martin Luther King was assassinated in a hotel room with other people. He was brutally shot at a Memphis hotel. He was pronounced dead in the early April 1968. -
Assassination of John F Kennedy
[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated](http.://www.timetoast.com)
John F kenedy was killed in a convertible right next to his wife. He was shot twice, the fatal shot had fired into his head and shocked the nation. The shooting took place in Dallas Texas. -
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Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
NASA had made a landing return to Earth for the first time in history. The crew consisted of Armstrong, Colins and Aldrin.
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Water Gate Scandal
http://www.history.com/topics/watergate
A break in occured in the DNC (Democratic National Committee). They were caught and arrested for attempying to wire tap the phones. After that incident Nixon reigned from office. -
Apple became
http://apple-history.com/h1
Steve Jobs started off his company Apple in a garage. His idea eventually became a multi billion dollar company. Many people to this day use this technology. -
HIV & AIDS epidemic
AIDS and HIV are fatal diseases that can slowly kill the host by destroying the cells in the body. It can mostly be transmitted by sexual acts and through blood. It eventually became big in the 1980's. Many thought it was transmitted only yo "Gays" (homosexuals) -
Vietnam War protest
Many people back then known as "hippies" had peaceful protest against the War in Vietnam and wanted peace . Many posters were shown saying " make love not war". Also some of these protest took place on college campuses. -
George Wallace was shot at (attempt)
http://www.biography.com/people/george-wallace-9522367
Wallace was a governor of Alabama most known for his segregation views. He wanted segregation for ever. He was also know for saying "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." He was shot by Arthor Bremer
