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Sputnik launches space race
On October 4, 1957 the soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik into space. Earlier American efforts launch satellite had failed. This eventually led to the space race for to explore areas outside of earth. -
The Feminine Mystique
On February 17, 1962, Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique captured the frustration of a generation of college-educated housewives who felt trapped. -
JFK Assassination
On November 22,1963, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day. There are many conspiracies around a thousand on how he was killed. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
On July 2, 1964,President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act outlaws discrimination in public facilities, such as parks, and in public areas, such as hotels and restaurants.The Act also does not allow employers to discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old the right to vote. The incentive for drafting an amendment to lower the voting age arose following the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell, which held that Congress may set requirements for voting in federal elections, but not for state or local elections. On March 23, 1971 a propos -
Milliken v. Bradley
A class action suit was filed in August 1970, by parents of students in the Detroit, Michigan school system and the Detroit Branch of the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) against the Michigan State Board of Education and various other state officials of the state of Michigan. The suit supposed that the Detroit school system was racially segregated as a result of policy, which put the state of Michigan in a position to unconstitutionally interfere with a plan to -
Assastination of John Lennon
On December 8, 1980, famous singer John Lennon was assassiniated. He was part of the group the Beatle. -
Vietnam War Memorial Established
On November 13, 1982, was was created to conmemorate the fallen soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War. -
Germany Reunited
On October 3, 1990, East and West Germany reunited after 45 years. Thousands of East Germans fled the nation and soon after officials gathered to talk about unifications. This marked the end of the cold war even after the fall of the Soviet Union almost a year before.
