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Day of Birth
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The Korean War begins its three year conflict when troops of North Korea, backed with Soviet weaponry, invade South Korea.
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Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court.
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Don Larsen pitches the first no-hitter, a perfect game, in post-season baseball history when his New York Yankees best the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 5th game of the 1956 World Series.
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U.S. Congress approves the first civil rights bill since reconstruction with additional protection of voting rights.
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Five members of the Chicago 7 are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago.
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what they ate for dinner was mostly the same thing every night but her favorite thing to eat was beans and rice
