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Deomcratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States.
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Constructions of the Berlin Wall begin. It divides Germany into West and East Germany. It lasted for 28 years.
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Baseball player Roger Maris ( New York Yankees) hits his 61st home run, and beats the 34-year-old record held by Babe Ruth.
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First sign of a Vietnam coflict. President Kennedy admits that the military advisors, already in Vietnam, would engage the enemy if fired uopn.
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Congress enacts 'equal pay for equal work' legislature for women.
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Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a dream' speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Over 200,000 people participated.
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They change the way rock-and-roll music sounds forever with the song 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'.
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President Lydon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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President Lydon Johnson orders the continuous bombing of North Vetnam
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Voting Rights Act is signed into law by President Lydon B. Johnson.
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First public burning of a draft card occurs in protest to the Vietnam War. It is coordinated by the anti-war group of students, National Coordination Committee.
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385,300 troops stationed in South Vietnam with 60,000 additional troops offshore and 33,000 troups in Thailand
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United States begins their bombing raids on North Vietnam.
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At Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California
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He is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on a motel balcony.
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Four-party Vietnam War peace Talk begins. US Troops in the war reached its zenith at 543,400. They began their withdrawl on July 8.
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Neil Armstrong, United States astronaut, becomes the firt man to set foot on the moon.
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President Richard Nixon announces his new Vietnam policy, that expected Asian allies to care for their own military defense. All the Vietnam policies were heavily protested.
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32 acts performed outdoors in front of 400,000 people.
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More than 250,000 anti-Vietnam war demonstrators marched on Washington D.C. to peacfully protest the war.