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The Korean war started when the North Koreans invaded the South Koreans. The Korean nations have been divided ever since.
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Walt Disney opened Disneyland to special-invute guests only on the first day, then to the public on the second. It was formaly used as an orange orchard.
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Rosa Parks resisted to give up her seat for the person telling her to. She was then arrested for refusing.
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Eisenhower signed the bill into law. There was a highway trust fund that payed for about 90% of the costs.
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Sputnik 1 was launched, It was the first artificial Earth satellite. It is still in orbit.
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John F. Kennedy was believed to be killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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The Civil Rights Act ended segregation. It caused a lot of violence in the United States.
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Malcolm X is was an activist for civil rights. He was assassinated by three members of an old group he was apart of.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist for civil rights. He was assassinaterd by James Earl Ray.
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Robert Kennedy was a presidential candidate. He was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
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On this day there was a mass shooting at the school.
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Nixon was about to be impeached when he resigned. This caused him not to be the first president to be impeached.
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Louise Brown was the first test tube baby. She was born to Lesley and John Brown.
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Jones want a secluded communist community away. He got that with Jonestown. Members of the community assassinated Leo Ryan. Jones then made the community kill themselves.
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Three Mile Island was a nuclear disaster. One of the cool down chambers malfunctioned. It could have been a critical disaster.
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When Mt. Saint. Helens erupted members of the communities surrounding it had to evacuate. The lava started flowing into the ocean.
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John Lennon was one of the founders of The Beatles. He was shot by Mark David Chapman.
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The bombing was done by suicide bombers. It killed 299 American and French Servicemen.
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This nuclear disaster was catastrophic. It caused an explosion and fire releasing tons of radioactive material.
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Black Monday was the day the stock market crashed. Wall Street went into a panic.
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The Hubble Telescope launches on this date. It orbits at 347 mi. high.
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The Gulf War included various contries.
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The reason of this siege is because it was believed they broke federal firearm laws.
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A truck was set off that included several bombs. The blast was set off by Timothy McVeigh.
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The Columbine School Shooting was a terrible tragedy. 15 people died at the end of it. The murderers were Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris.
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9/11 was a terrorist attack planned by al-Qaeda.
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Jessica Lynch was the first successful rescue by the military.
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The bridge collapsed during rush hour causing a lot of people to be injured. It was ruled out that it was a terrorist attack. It was also under construction.
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The US Airways Flight 1549 went down in the Hudson River. It was caused by flying into a flock of geese.
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The Fort Hood Shooting was a mass murder that was caused by Nidal Malik Hasan.
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The Haiti Earthquake surprised everyone. No one was expecting it. The nation is still trying to recover.
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The US killed Osama Bin Laden. He was believed to be the mastermind of a ton of terrorist attacks.
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This tornado was an awful surprise to Joplin, Missouri. The tornado was rated at EF5.
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There are several beliefs of the way he died. He was captured durring a firefight.
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This event occured during a midnight showing of The Dark Night Rises. The suspect, James Eagan Holmes, left off tear gas grenades and fired into the audience.
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The Sandy Hook Shooting struck the nation in awe. It was planned and executed by Adam Lanza. He also killed family members.
