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Desegregation of University of Alabama
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. The next day, Governor Wallace yielded to the federal pressure, and two African American students successfully enrolled. -
President JFK Assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.Kennedy was shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
The Black Panther Party
Chapter 31- The Civil Rights Movement Section 3- Challenges for the Movement
Founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966, the organization initially was a doctrine calling for the protection of African-American neighborhoods from police brutality. The Black Panther Party originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization in the United States from 1966 until 1982. -
First Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first people, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the moon 6 hours later on July 21 at 2:56 . Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft and together they collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material to return to Earth. A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the spacecraft -
Kent State Shootings
Chapter 33- War in Vietnam Section 3- A Turning Point
The Kent State shootings also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds in a matter of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of them suffered permanent paralysis. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. The affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. -
Nixon Resigns Presidency
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, president from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical storm of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August.Throughout its course, the hurricane killed 8 people and caused $162 million in damage. Due to the severity of the storm, the name Carmen was retired from the list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names. -
Atempted Ford assassination
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr.was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and prior to this, was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.September 5, 1975 in northern California, Lynette Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, had a Colt M1911 .45 caliber pistol on Ford when he reached to shake her hand in a crowd. She had four cartridges in the pistol's magazine but none in the firing chamber. She was quickly held back by secret service -
University of California vs. Bakke
Chapter 31-The Civil Rights Movement Section 4- The Movement Continues
The medical school reserved 16 out of 100 seats in its entering class for minorities, including "Blacks," "Chicanos," "Asians," and "American Indians." The rigid admissions quota was administered by a special school committee. Allan Bakke, a white applicant, was twice denied admission to the medical school even though his MCAT scores, GPA, and benchmark scores were "significantly higher" than those of some minority applicants -
HIV/AIDS Outbreak
HIV and AIDS in the USA began in 1981, when the United States of America became the first country to officially recognise a strange new illness among a small number of gay men. Today, it is generally accepted that the origin of AIDS probably lies in Africa.The USA was the first country to bring AIDS into the public eye and the American reaction contributed to the establishment of AIDS as one of the most politicised, feared and controversial diseases in the history.NO DATE JUST YEAR. -
Ronald Reagan
The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr.
