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Vietnam War
In this war, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, supported by communist countries such as China and the Soviet Union to the Republic of Vietnam, which supported by countries such as the United States and other anti-communist camps. It was the war with the largest number of Americans participating in the war after World War II, and the United States suffered severe losses in the Vietnam War. It gradually withdrew its troops from Vietnam, which weakened its overall national strength. -
1956 United States presidential election
In the 43rd presidential election, popular incumbent Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully ran for re-election. The Vice President is Richard Nixon -
The world's first artificial satellite
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. It takes about 98 minutes for the satellite to fly in orbit. Marked the beginning of the space age and the beginning of the US-Soviet space race -
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
The 35th President of the United States, the first American president to believe in Roman Catholicism. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Most of his work as president has to do with relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest crisis in human history to a thermonuclear war was caused by Cuba’s fear of a US military invasion of Cuba and the consent of the Soviet Union to build a missile base in Cuba. The crisis was finally resolved through peace talks. The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles and established a special telephone line between Moscow and Washington for emergency communications. -
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, calling for the realization of civil and economic rights. It is one of the most iconic speeches in American history. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in a motel in Tennessee. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced April 7 as a national day of mourning, and the American flag will be half lifted. -
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First Landing on the Moon
It is the fifth manned mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It is the first human mission to the moon. Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the moon and left the famous sentence "That's one small" step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
