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WARSAW PACT
COLLECTIVE DEFENSIVE AGREEMENT INCLUDING ALBANIA, ROMANIA, BULGARIA, HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, AND EAST GERMANY -
EMMETT TILL MURDERED
14 YO AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WAS MURDERED FOR ALLEGEDLY FLIRTING WITH A WHITE WOMAN -
ROSA PARKS REFUSED TO SURRENDER HER SEAT IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA
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IN GOD WE TRUST ADOPTED AS NATIONAL MOTTO
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DWIGHT EISENHOWER ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM
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SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE
STEMMED FROM THE MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION IT WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR AND OTHERS -
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957
SIGNED BY PRES EISENHOWER -
SPUTNIK 1
SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE -
NASA CREATED
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AS SUCCESSOR TO THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS -
JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY
RADICAL ANTICOMMUNISTS THAT ATTACKED LIBERALS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AS COMMUNISTS -
FIDEL CASTRO BECOMES THE LEADER OF CUBA
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SOVIET LUNA 2 CAPSULE LANDED ON THE MOON
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LA COUBRE EXPLOSION
FRENCH FREIGHTER LA COUBRE EXPLODED IN THE HAVANA HARBOUR WHILE UNLOADING MUNITIONS, CASTRO ACCUSED THE U.S. -
U.S. INSTITUTED A TRADE EMBARGO TO ECONOMICALLY ISOLATE CUBA
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JOHN F KENNEDY ELECTED PRESIDENT
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U.S. AND CUBA FORMALLY DISSOLVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
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RUSSIAN COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN WAS LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT
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FREEDOM RIDES
TO PROTEST SEGREGATED BUS TERMINALS -
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND EVENTUALLY SEXUAL ORIENTATION -
FORMATION OF THE ALBANY MOVEMENT
DESEGREGATION CAMPAIGN FORMED IN GEORGIA FROM THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE, THE FEDERATION OF WOMAN'S CLUBS, AND THE NEGRO VOTERS LEAGUE -
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THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
CALLED TO MODERNIZE THE CHURCH AND OPEN CONNECTION TO NONCATHOLIC WORLD -
BATTLE OF OLE MISS
SEGREGATIONISTS RIOTED AND FOUGHT STATE AND FEDERAL FORCES TO PREVENT THE ENROLLMENT OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT -
JAMES MEREDITH BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
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AMERICAN SPY PLANES DETECT CONSTRUCTION OF MISSILE LAUNCH SITES IN CUBA
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PRESIDENT KENNEDY ALERTS AMERICANS TO THE CUBAN MISSILE THREAT
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SOVIET UNION AGREED TO REMOVE ITS MISSILES FROM CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR REMOVAL OF US MISSILES FROM TURKEY AND PLEDGE THAT US WOULD NOT INVADE CUBA
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GEORGE WALLACE INAUGURATED
IN HIS SPEECH, HE STATED "SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER" -
GEORGE WALLACE STAND IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA -
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
PROTEST MARCH GATHERING AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS -
ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F KENNEDY
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GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT
INTERNATIONAL CONFRONTATION THAT ESCALATED US INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIET NAM WAR -
LYNDON JOHNSON ELECTED PRESIDENT
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U.S. MARINES LANDED IN VIET NAM BEGINNING THE GROUND WAR
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WATTS RIOTS
VIOLENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN LA POLICE AND RESIDENTS OF WATTS AND OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS -
THE TET OFFENSIVE
NORTH VIETNAMESE GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP COORDINATED OFFENSIVES TO BREAK THE STALEMATE IN VIETNAM -
ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
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RICHARD NIXON ELECTED PRESIDENT
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RICHARD NIXON ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 2ND TERM
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NIXON VISITS CHINA
PRESIDENT NIXON IS THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT COMMUNIST CHINA -
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON GEORGE WALLACE
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON GEORGE WALLACE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LEFT HIM PARALYZED -
PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS THE SOVIET UNION
PRESIDENT NIXON IS THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE SOVIET UNION SINCE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT -
WATERGATE
5 MEN ARRESTED INSIDE THE OFFICER OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL BUGGING EQUIPMENT -
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OIL CRISIS
ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES TARGETED NATIONS SEEN AS SUPPORTING ISRAEL -
PARIS PEACE ACCORDS
OFFICIALLY THE AGREEMENT ON ENDING THE WAR AND RESTORING PEACE IN VIET NAM -
IMPEACHMENT OF RICHARD NIXON
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PRESIDENT NIXON RESIGNS
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LAST AMERICANS AIRLIFTED OUT OF VIET NAM
