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The Supreme Court case Hernandez v. Texas establishes that Mexican Americans and other racial groups are entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
May 3, 1954 -
Apollo 11 successfully lands the first humans on the Moon, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first humans to walk on the lunar surface.
July 20, 1969, -
President Richard Nixon resigns from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal, becoming the first US president to do so.
June 17, 1972, -
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolizes the end of the Cold War and the reunification of East and West Germany.
November 9, 1989, -
The opening of the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, Texas. -
The Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, becomes one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history at the time. -
The Oklahoma City bombing, a domestic terrorist attack, kills 168 people and injures hundreds more.