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Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S. -
The Korean War
Was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP -
Malcolm X
After his parole he became a leader of The Nation of Islam. -
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till's Murder
A 14-year-old African American teenager was brutally murdered by white men while visiting relatives in Mississippi. -
Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He led the Montgomery bus Boycott. -
Suez Crisis
Was a diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations playing major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) -
The Space Race
It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to get to Space. -
The "Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was drafted into the Army. -
Jimi Hendrix
After law enforcement authorities had twice caught Hendrix riding in stolen cars, he was given a choice between spending time in prison or serving in the US military: he chose the latter and enlisted in the Army. -
The Berlin Wall
Was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, -
George Wallace
He took the oath of office to be Governor of Alabama on this day. -
Integration in University of Alabama
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
He got shot in his car at Dealey Plaza in Dalas, Texas. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. -
Nike
The company was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. -
War Protest
Vietnam war Protest began small but in 1965 it gained national Prominence. On this day it was organized by professors against the war at the University of Michigan -
Malcolm X
After leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assasinated by three of the group. -
Civil Rights Movement
The first March from Selma to Montgomery was held on this day. Also known as "Bloody Sunday" — when 600 marchers, protesting the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and ongoing exclusion from the electoral process, were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. -
Hippie Culture
They made their way to Northern California this year. The Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Was killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. -
Woodstock, 1969
Was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. -
Vietnam War
The end of the war. The U.S. pulls out. -
Nike
The company changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike, Inc. -
Jimmy Cater
In the third mile of a tough 6.2-mile race through the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland, Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. -
Jimmy Carter/ Iran hostage crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days, after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. -
Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents -
HIV/ AIDS
First case of AIDS was found in San Francisco. Started because of the Hippie Movement. -
John Lennon's Murder
He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City. -
HIV/ AIDS
First person to die because of AIDS was in New York. -
Assassination Attempt of Ronald Reagan
It happened 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
Technoligical Advances
The World Wide Web or internet is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Whch was made on this day.
