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Germany started the war by invading Belgium
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Franklin Roosevelt wins election and helps pull country out of Great Depression
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the harbor on Honolulu. -
President Truman was the one who decided to drop the bombs in Japan.
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The United States responded by pushing a resolution through the U.N.'s Security Council calling for military assistance to South Korea.
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Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sargeant Chester M. Ovnand become the first Americans to die in the Vietnam War
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Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
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On the March to Washington, Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
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This was in response of a break in the Democratic National Committee Headquarters.
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N.C.L.B. has schools develop and give assessments of basic skills to students to recieve money from the government.