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Four black freshmen order coffee at a segregated lunch counter and refuse to leave when they are denied service.
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CIA-backed Cuban exiles launch a failed attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power. An international embarrassment, the episode puts Kennedy's leadership in question.
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The Soviets build the Berlin Wall in response to mounting tensions between East Germany and West Germany
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Kennedy assassinated in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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President Johnson signs the Civil RIghts Act of 1964 that outlaws segregation in public facilities and schools.
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First US troops arrive in Vietnam.
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Rioting begins in Los Angeles after a rumor of police brutality circulates the Watts district.
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First successful heart transplant.
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Robert Kennedy assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
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National Guard opens fire on a group of protestors at Kent State University.
