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My Grandmother is brought into this world by my great grandparents Geretha and Frank Sharp. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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Explorer 1The U.S. Explorer 1 was launched into space in response to the U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik satellite. It was twice the size of a basketball and noticeably the first satellite the U.S. ever launcehed. Along with iniciating the space race, yhe Explorer 1 detected the Van Allen Space Belts.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His signiture made racial, ethnic, religious, and sexes discrimtion illegal. This act allowed the integration of schools, work, colleges, and public places.
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My Grandmothers first day of elementary school. She couldn't remeber the name. By this time schools were segregated so hers was all black.
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President Richard Nixon terminates the Bretton Woods gold standard which created predetermined U.S. dollar values. Nixon makes it so money's prices aren't just predetermined. He made its worth a matter on how many dollars there are in the world, and how many dollars are printed a year.
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In Chicago, Illionois 1971 my grandmother gave birth to Tony, her eldest son.
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My grandmother enrolls at AO Sexton Highschool Chicago, Illionois for the 10th grade.
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Apollo 17 was the latest lunar manned mission in the U.S. It holds record for longest lunar sample return (moon rocks). Longest time in the moons orbit, and longest manned lunar landing flight.
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Richard Nixon is inaugurated into his second term as president. His campaign focused mainly on the Middle East and its oil. Though it would later take a turn for the worst when he was on the verge of impeachment for ascandal later known as Watergate. He would later resign in 1964.
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The Sears Tower is constructed and holds the title of tallest building in the world for almost 25 years. It is later surpassed in hight by the Empire State Building and renamed the Willis Tower.
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On November 12, 1973 my grandmother gave birth to Arkitha Sharp, her eldest daughter, in Chicago, Illionios.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Inc in Capertino, Califournia. Apple wouldn't release their first model (The Apple 1) until 2 months later.The company was originally designed personal computers but would later revoltionize the world with its "i" technology.
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My grandmother graduates from AO Sexton High School.
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My grandmother is married and divorced within one year.
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Chicagos very own John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown is arrested. Gacy was convicted of 33 murders and counting of teenage boys. For 12 of these crimes he'd be sentenced to the dealth penalty by lethal injection.
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The U.S. Voyager 1 discovers thin rings around the planet Jupiter. The Voyager was created the study the space around Saturn and Jupiter and is currently the furthest man made satellite in space.
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My grandmother gave birth to her third child. Hospital I could not obtain.
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After high school my grandmother obtained her first job as a waitress in the projects of Chicago.
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My grandmother would conjure up enough money to afford an apartment of her own.
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Construction of the Vietnam Veterans Mermorial is completed under Ronald Regan. The purpose of the memorial is to remember those who have lost their life in the war. This is the tombstone those soilders never recieved.
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My grandmother's mother died of natural causes
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Ronald Regan signs the day as a national federal holiday. The holiday is to be recognized every thrid monday of January. At first some states chose to ignore the holiday, but by the year 2000 all states aknowledged the day as a holiday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day
