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First Sit-In at a "Whites Only" counter at a diner happened in Greensboro, NC by students.
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John F. Kennedy wins the primary vote in the 1960 election, beating Richard Nixon
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Many protests throughout the United States ensued in order to ban the use and creation of atomic and nuclear bombs.
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The USSR begins to test out their newly created Hydrogen Bomb, which is 1,000x more powerful than bomb dropped in Hiroshima
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USSR sent atomic warhead missiles to Cuba, threatening to use them if US doesn't remove bombs from Turkey
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Martin Luther King Jr. has his famous "I Have a Dream" during a Civil Rights march in Washington, D.C.
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas during his National Tour
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The Civil Rights Act was signed, making it illegal to discriminate a person based on sex, race, religion, and nation of origin
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Johnson signs Medicare bill, giving a healthcare program for elderly American citizens
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New Law removing discrimination in voting polls
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The National Organization of Women was founded
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Thurgood Marshal becomes the first African American Justice in American history.
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Nixon wins 1968 election, beating Hubert Humphrey
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NASA lands the first man on the moon, beating the USSR to the Space Race
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2 million people protest against Vietnam War and wear black armbands in memorial of soldiers who lost their lives in the war.
