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The first televised war. It received huge backlash in the form a protests nation wide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_3DgW_7mg
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Governer Wallace of Alabama actively blocked black students from signing up for college. President Kennedy had to send in the national guard to forcibly remove him from the premises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WbLGlIzW88
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John F Kennedy went to Texas to campaign. He was shot in Dallas at noon. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/jfk-files-assassination.html
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Neil Armstrong is the first person to stand on the moon. Coverage is broadcast nationwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
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Following the establishment of his cult he instructed them to commit murder. Their first victims were Sharon Tate, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring. https://www.biography.com/people/charles-manson-9397912
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In the 70s through mid-80s there was a huge drop in the price of Cocaine due to a huge Cocaine production boom. Crack was the result of this boom, being a cheap and easy way to mass produce Cocaine which led to more people being hooked on the drug. https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crackcocaine/a-short-history.html
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The US and the People's Republic of China trade ping pong players. It was to demonstrate the open trade between the two nations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMRq2Of_Qw
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Disgraced Ex-President Nixon got this title by wiretapping and stealing documents from the Democratic National Committee. The scandal was closed when Nixon left office in August 1974. https://www.history.com/topics/watergate/videos
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A category 4 Hurricane that ripped through the the Caribbean and southern United States. It caused over a hundred million dollars in property damage. https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/77-most-devastating-storms-1.5769031?image=13
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This multimillion dollar company was started by three guys in a garage. They created a small PC named Apple I. http://abc7news.com/technology/happy-birthday-apple/1271370/
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This Beatle was famous for his political activism and pacifism. He was killed by Mark David Chapman in New York City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ68xik2pMo
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In 1981 there was a huge break out of an unidentified virus (later named HIV) in the gay man community. Culturally & institutionally supported homophobia (F that) caused researchers to not care about this virus, reducing the amount of research done on it. This resulted in a failure to prevent the incredibly quick spread of AIDs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKJ5ZzzL0w
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