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Integration of university of Alabama
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the university of Alabama to admit African American students during its summer session. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
He was shot in his car at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. -
Civil Rights Movement
A struggle by African Americans to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites. -
Vietnam War
It was in the Cold War era and occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The United States got involved to prevent a communist takeover of south Vietnam. It ended in a cease fire. -
Black panther party
They were a group that believes in equal rights for African Americans and white people. They expressed their desire for equal rights through a rhetoric military posture. -
Hippie movement: protest in Washington, D.C.
The hippie movement was a very big deal in the 60's. The protest in Washington was against the Vietnam war. -
Richard Nixon/ watergate scandal
It was a break in at the democratic national committee headquarters at the watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. It ended up forcing Nixon out of office. -
Hurricane Carmen
It was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. It destroyed most of the coast. -
Apple computer company was created
Created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Apple computers were first invented in the form of video terminal that could log onto the mini computers -
John Lennon was murdered
He was shot by Mark David chapman at the entrance of his home in New York City. -
Assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan
It happened when he was leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton hotel. Him and 3 others were shot and wounded by John hinckley jr. -
HIV/AIDS epidemic
There was a major increase in these diseases across the country.
