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Little Rock High School Desegregation
The government demanded for the schools in the south to be desegregated.Nine African Americans were selected to enter the high school but had to be guarded all the time due to students being violent with them because they were not wanted. -
Vietnam War
War between the United States and Southern Vietnam against North Vietnam. This was a 20 year war fight against communism and was also the first draft war where men would be picked to go to war. For example they had lotteries to decide who goes to war by -
Elvis Presley First Release
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March on Washington
It was a march to the capitol for civil rights. Here Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous I have a dream speech. African Americans fought for equal rights and to not be segregated/ -
The Assasination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963 the president was assasianted in Dallas, Texas. He was shot moments after the Secret Service men left his side. He was shot twice and his wife started picking up pieces of his brains so that they could put him back together was what she told a reporter when she was asked what he was doing on the trunk. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, a presedential candidate was killed by a Palestanian immigrant after his speech at a hotel. He was shot after midnight and died 26 hours later. -
President Nixon
Republican presedential candidate Nixon was elected as the 46th president. He outwon Humphrey by 110 electoral votes and Wallace by 255 electoral votes. He had around 43% of the U.S population vote. -
Kent State University Protest
Throughout the Vietnam War many Americans started hating the war due to pictures and recordings being played of American soldiers killing others like the incident in Mi Lai so they started protesting for the war to be stopped. Some people like University students protested and it resulted in 4 students being killed by National Guards. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
An American team of ping pong were invited to China to play against the Chinese in ping pong. This was pretty big since they were the first Americans allowed in China ever since communismm took over. -
Watergate Scandal
This was a political scandal in which Nixon got people to break in to the Democratic headquarters and when people found out Nixon had to step down from being President and most of his top officials were jailed. -
Assasination of John Lennon
He was one of the former founders of the Beatles and was shot dead He was shot several times while entering his apartment. He died later on at the hospital after he was rushed there. -
Apple Computer Investment (IPO)
Apple launched an intial offering to the public. Stocks were sold for around $22.
