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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil right leader during the 1950s. Used many methods such as non-violence for equality of blacks. Was assassinated inApril 4, 1968. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm was a civil rights movement leader during the 1950s. He wanted blacks to have a separate economy and life from whites and was asassinated in Feb 21, 1965. -
Japan Attack on Pearl Harbor
During WWII Japan supriced America with an attack on American territory. This event led to the US using the atomic bomb on Japan since it would sacrifice too many American lives to fight at land. -
The Nuremberg Trials
The nuremberg trials was a series of miltary tribunals, held by allied forces after WW2. It was the most noteable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of germny. -
The Cold War
The US and the USSR were competing politically, technologically, and economically. Led to the "Red scare" in America. -
Joseph McCarthy - McCarthyism
Claimed that there were comunist working in the US government and when on a "witch hunt". The country feared the comunist would take ove(the red scare). -
Korean War
To prevent communism the UN fought on south Korea while China was trying to spread communism by helping north korea. This war divided Korea and it became two different countries. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union was planing to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy had to make a deal to not invade Cuba and take his missiles out of Turkey. -
Brown VS Board (Civil Rights Movement)
Legislation and organized efforts to abolish public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and other disadvantaged groups. This was between 1954 to 1968, particularly in the southern United States. Brown VS Board was black students in Virginia protested their unequal status in the state's segregated educational system. -
Emmett Till's murder
!4 year old african american boy flirts with a white girl. he is killed 4 days later. -
Vietnam War
US effords to push communisn from spreading. The war was not supported by American people because of yellow journalism. -
Little Rock Nine
When nine black students attempt to desegregate all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Governor Orville Faubus orders that they be blocked from attending. President Eisenhower sends federal troops to intervene on behalf of the students. -
America's first spaceflight
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. becomes the first American in space. Aboard the Freedom 7, he flies above Earth for 14.8 minutes and attains a speed of 5,100 mph. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Rides was organized by the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). They brought black and white protesters to the South to protest segregation in public facilities. -
Circling the earth
Despite a loose heat shield and an autopilot failure that forces him to manually pilot the craft, John Glenn becomes the first American to circle the Earth. Glenn orbits Earth three times aboard the Friendship 7 and becomes a national hero. -
Assassination of JFK
35th president of the US assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was his murderer. -
War Protest
Vietnam war Protest began small but in 1965 it gained national Prominence. On this day it was organized by professors against the war at the University of Michigan -
James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray assassinates Martin Luther King, while he is standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In outrage of the murder, many blacks take to the streets in a massive wave of riots across the U.S. -
Apollo Moon Rover
Apollo 15 completes the first long, expedition-style lunar landing mission. The crew explores the moon's surface with the first lunar rover, and they return with some of the finest samples of moon rock. -
Email
Email was made. Email is an abbreviation of "electronic mail" -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s and a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. Nixon was the first president to resign out of office. -
Digital Camera
Steve Sasson from Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975. It was about the size of a toaster and held images of .01 megapixels. -
Apple II Computer
The computing revolution of the 1980s began with the introduction of the Apple II series. Sometimes referred to as the "Model-T" of computers, the Apple II allowed businesses to streamline operations and brought the wonders of digital data management into the home. -
HIV - AIDS
from 1981 more than 1.8 million people have been reported to have HIV. Disease expreaded sexually. -
Refugee Act
President Carter signs the Refugee Act of 1980, creating the Federal Refugee SettlementProgram to provide for the effective resettlement of refugees and to helpthem develop economic self-sufficiency. -
Reaganomics
Term for the economical policies of president Ronald Reagan. It decreased tax by half and increased military expending. -
Assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan
Newly elected president Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinkley Jr. in a attempt of assassination. Ronald suvived the encounter. -
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985. It was also released in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987. -
Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy
The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of seven. A leak in one of the spacecraft's solid rocket boosters ignites the main liquid fuel tank as billions around the world watch. The accident prompts a thorough review. -
The fall of the Berlin wall
Build on 1961 by the comunist, divided East and West Germany. All Germans celebrates this moment every year. -
End of Cold War
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the shredding of the Iron Curtain, the Cold War ended. It started in 1947 and ended in 1991.
