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Forest Gummp Project
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china events
The United States recalls all consular officials from China after the seizure of the American consul general in Peking. -
korean war
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Malcolm X
After his parole he became a leader of The Nation of Islam. -
election
Thirty - Fourth President of the US is Dwight David Eisenhower -
armistice i korea
Armistice in Korea -
Rock and Roll Music
Rock and roll appeared and revolutionized musical tastes, at least among young people, and pretty much changed the world.This was very popular in the 50's. -
warsaw
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south vietnam
US installs Diem as leader of South Vietnam -
rights
Civil Rights Act -
Nasa
Nasa was formed -
hawaii
Hawaii, the last state was admitted giving the American flag 50 stars -
JFK election
Thirty - Fifth President of the US is John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1961-1963 -
vietnam war
Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon -
nuks
The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war -
JFK Assassination
President J Kennedy assassinated.John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.[1][2] Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline -
Team with most NBA Championship Titles(Boston Celtics)
"The Boston Celtics has the most NBA champion titles under their name to date, 17 in all, showing most of their dominance in the game during the 60s with 8 straight titles from 1959-1966. During the 1964-1965 NBA season, the Boston Celtics showed their dominance of the game by winning 62 games and losing only 18." -
rights act
Civil Rights Act of 1964.Is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[4] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Delano Gape Strike and Boycott
The Delano Grape strike was a strike of Mexican and Fillipino farm workers against grape growers in Delano, California in 1965. Led by Cesar Chavez ,It was very successful helping improve the working conditions of farm workers and paying them a fair wage.It lasted 5 years. -
Robert Kennedy assassination
The assassination of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy -
Nixon elected president
Thirty - Seventh President of the US is Richard Milhous Nixon 1969-1974 -
Walk on the Moon
was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. -
Beatles Break Up
The break-up of the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential musical groups in history,[1] has become almost as much of a legend as the band itself or the music they created while together. -
Kent State Shootings
The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre)[2][3][4] occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis. -
Plane Hijacked
Hijackers from Palestine armed with weapons hijack planes at European airports. They used passengers to bargin for the release of Palastinian Militants held in Europe and Israel. Hijackers told hosteges they would be killed unless governments of Great Britain, Switzerlans, Germany and Israel agreed to release Palastinian prisoners. -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
Elvis Presley
Called the King of Rock N' roll, Elvis was very papular among the people. Burning love is an example oh his good music -
Vietnam ends
Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace agreement until North Vietnam launched an offensive in early 1975. South Vietnam's requests for aid were denied by the U.S. Congress, and after Thieu abandoned the northern half of the country to the advancing Communists, a panic ensued. -
The founding of Apple
Apple Inc, which used to be known as Apple Computer Inc., was founded in April 1976 in California, USA. It was created by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne - three computer enthusiasts who used to attend the Homebrew Computer Club. Their first product was the Apple 1 computer, which was a very basic early design.From these beginnings in the mid 1970s, Apple has become one of the world's most successful companies and one of the world's most famous brand names. -
Nike
The company changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike, Inc. -
Jimmy Cater
n the third mile of a tough 6.2-mile race through the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland, Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, an angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage. It's hard to say, since the hostage crisis was merely the latest event in the long and complex relationship between the United States and Iran. -
Summer Olympics
President Carter announces that U.S. athletes will not attend Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan (Jan. 20 -
HIV/ AIDS
First case of AIDS was found in San Francisco. Started because of the Hippie Movement. -
John Lennon's Murder
He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City. -
Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley
The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan occurred on Monday, March 30, 1981, 69 days into his presidency. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. -
Ronald Reagan
Fortieth President of the US is Ronald Wilson Reagan. Ronald Reagan won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1980 and chose as his running mate former Texas Congressman and United Nations Ambassador George Bush. Voters troubled by inflation and by the year-long confinement of Americans in Iran swept the Republican ticket into office. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
The Fall of The Berlin War
The fall of the Berlin Wall - that unique moment in history when the most powerful symbol of the Cold War was peacefully made redundant, literally overnight. -
Gulf War
The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) was a war waged by coalition forces from 34 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
Technoligical Advances
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