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Korean War
All began when North Korean communist army crossed the 38th parallel and invaded non-communist South Korea. North Korea overcame South Korea and took over and the United States came to rescue South Korea. -
Rosenburgs
In 1950 the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Julius Rosenburg and his wife Ethel for a conspiracy to transmit classified military information. For this particular case they were hung. -
4 Minute Mile
25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister broke the mold of track and field he shortened the 4-minute mile with one minute to spare. He ran one mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. The world record for a mile was 4 minutes and 1.3 seconds. -
Rosa Parks
A black woman who stood her ground against the white man on December 1st of 1955. Rosa Parks is known as the “mother” of the civil rights movement. She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man which was considered a violation of the segregation laws. Her action led to a huge protest led by 26-year-old Martin Luther king. Black citizens boycotted the bus company. -
Sputnik
On October 4th 1957 Sputnik was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around Earth. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam. Sputnik is a Russian word for companion. The sputnik was the first satellite of four. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs aerial bombings began on April 17, 1961. The bombings took place at key airports two days before to disable the Cuban air force. -
Kennedys Assassination
President Kennedy was killed during the height of the cold war when the world was on the brink of a nuclear disaster known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy was murdered when riding through Dealey Plaza in Dallas on Friday November 22, 1963. Many photos and films captured Kennedy’s assassination. The most famous film of the assassination was the Zapruder Film. The President was rushed to the Parkland Hospital where efforts failed to keep him alive. -
Black Panthers
The Black Pathers were formed in the year 1966 in California. They may have played a very short role in the Civil Rights Movement but it was a very important role. -
Tet Offensive
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive. -
Landing on the moon.
- On July 16, 1969 the Apollo 11 blasted off caring Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Four days after the Apollo 11 blasted off Neil was the first man to step on the moon. Neil and Edwin walked around for hours doing experiments and picking up moon dirt and rocks to bring back to earth. Neil and Edwin also put a U.S. flag and a sign on the moon. The two astronauts joined Michael and headed back to earth on July 24, 1969, all three astronauts made it back to earth safely.
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America's 200th Birthday
Flags were billowing in the wind for one whole year for the celebration of the 200th Birthday of America -
Star Wars
- The first Star Wars movie came out in the year 1977. The Star Wars film series was created by George Lucas.
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Test Tube Babys
Louise Joy Brown the world’s first successful test tube baby born in Great Britain. -
Jamestown Massacre
Death toll of 918 people -
Gas Shortage
• BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB)
• started in California in May
• One woman said she looked for two days -
Mt. Saint Helens
• Volcano
• March 16 - May 17, 1980
• 1300 feet diameter -
Rap Music
• M.C. Hammer
• Ice Cube
• Salt-N- Pepper -
Aids
Aids first appeared in 1981 in the United States. This may have been the first case to ever but it was the first case to appear. -
Crack Cocaine
Crack Cocaine was first mentioned on April 20, 1986. The second time Crack Cocaine came out was two months later on June 30, 1986. -
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
• March 24, 1989
• South Alaska
• 260,000 to 750,000 barrels -
Gulf War
• Iraq leader Saddam Hussein
• Military Forces invaded and Occupied Kuwait -
Desert Storm
• Washington DC -
OJ Simpson
• Football player
• Ran street gang Persian Warriors (kings) -
Clone Sheep
Dolly was born in 1997
Dolly died in 2003
Was a great scientific moment -
USS Cole
18 months and $250 million to repair.
Suicide small boat
Aden, Yemen -
Gay Marriage
Homosexuality dates all the way back to the year 1533 with a proclamation from King Henry VIII
On the first of August in 2001 the first gay couple became married in Germany. -
9/11
On September 11, 2001 four airliners carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States -
Shoe Bomb
• December 22, 2001.
• Richard Reid -
Plane on Hudson
• Thursday 15 January 2009
• New York's LaGuardia airport.
• Captain was Chesley Sullenberger -
Haiti Earthquake
4:53 pm on January 12, 2010
earthquake registering a 7.0 on the Richter scale
killed over 200,000 and left over 600,000 injured or homeless
