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John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas on this day. Lyndon B. Johnson took over as President soon after.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson took a stand to help fight poverty and unemployment rates in America.
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The Panama Canal incident occurs when Panamanian mobs engage United States troops, leading to the death of twenty-one Panama citizens and four U.S. troops.
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Muhammad Ali defeated Charles Liston for the World Heavy Weight Championship.
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UCLA defeated Duke University by a score of 98-83 for the NCAA championship.
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After North Vietnam goes into Laos, U.S. moves 2 carriers offshore. The Navy now has signifigant forces within range of Vietnam.
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This piece of legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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The Tokyo Summer Olympics opened with their ceremonies on this date. There was a total of 163 events spread out throughout 19 sports.
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After many years of experiements and tests, China finally detonates their first atomic bomb.
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King Saud of Saudi Arabia is replaced by his son, Faisal, who modernizes the country's administration.
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The Mariner 4 is the first spacecraft to approach Mars and take photos of it from deep space.
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The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Oregon State Beavers by a score fo 34-7.
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Malcolm X was shot and killed at a meeting of the OAAU at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., leads 4,000 people marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On March 7, 600 civil rights marchers are attacked by state and local police with clubs and tear gas. The third march successfully makes it into Montgomery. In New York, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X is assassinated.
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New Zealand now decides that it is time to send military combat forces over to Vietnam to help with the War. They sent 161 Battery units to Vietnam.
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Medicare, the government medical program for citizens over the age of 65, begins.
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This act abolishes literacy tests and other tests used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting.
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The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 to win the NBA Finals.
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The creator of Mickey Mouse and the famed Walt Disney World dies from lung cancer Burbank, California.
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The first Super Bowl was originally called the AFL-NFL World Championship, but was later renamed. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
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Three Apollo astronauts—Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Col. Edward White II, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee—killed in spacecraft fire during simulated launch
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Breaking with the President, Martin Luther King announces his opposition to the war. MLK Jr. was completely against all violence and the war in Vietnam.
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Apollo 4 is launched unmanned into space. This design later gave way to Apollo 11 and finally beating the Soviet Union to the moon.
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The first human heart transplant of the modern age of medicine occured on this date. Christiaan Barnard completed the surgery on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.
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The USS Pueblo was monitoring the border between Japan and North Korea when North Korean forces took control of the ship. This event caused even more tention for the Cold War.
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The Tet Offensive was a large North Vietnam military campaign that launched during the Vietnam War. Almost every city in South Vietnam had military action and combat in it.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assanated in Memphis, Tennessee on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel.
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RFK was presenting a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy was shot down by an assassin after the speech.
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The Mexico Summer Olympics opened with there ceremonies on this date in history. There was a total of 172 events for 18 sports in these Olympics.
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Two African-American athletes protested racial discrimination when they were being presented their gold and bronze medals from the Olympic Games. The two were later punished for this act.
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Apollo 8 is the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. The ship orbitted the moon 10 times before returning. This was the first time humans had traveled to the far side of the moon