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brown vs. board of education
This is considered the start of the civil rights movement. African American child Linda Brown wanted enrollment in a school where her friends and it was nearer. she was refused enrollment and her father with the help of the NAACP sued the board of education.the ruling eventually was that segregation was banned from all schools. -
interstate highway act
this act was created by Dwight Eisenhower. it was created with the intention of "eliminating unsafe roads and insufficient routes.it was also supposed to be a great evacuation road if an atomic were to hit. -
the creation of NASA
this was yet again another creation of Dwight Eisenhower.This was created to get ahead of the ussr in the space race.nasa's purpose now is to "Drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of Earth". -
cuban missile brisis
this was a 13 day confrontation.this was between the ussr and the united states. the conflict was over the nuclear armed soviet missiles in cuba that were facing the united states. -
march on washington
Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the purpose of this event was to "shed light" on the political and social problems African Americans faced across the country. The march, was where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous and historical “I Have a Dream” speech.His speech was a spirited call for racial justice and equality and it led to the creation of the civil rights act. -
JFK Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed while driving through Dallas Texas. he is killed by Lee Harvey Oswald who kills the cop that suspects he was the killer.there was only one video of the gruesome shooting and it essentially blew his face off. Many look at the zapruder film over and over and still don't understand how it hit him as well as the passenger in front of him. -
Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 ; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. -
apple computer built
It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak. Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer. Apple Computer 1 is a desktop computer released by the Apple Computer Company in 1976. -
pacman video game release
The yellow, pie-shaped Pac-Man character, who travels around a maze trying to eat dots and avoid four mean ghosts, quickly became an icon of the 1980s. The Pac-Man video game was released in Japan and by October of the same year it was released in the United States. -
Michael Jackson releases thriller
On this day, back in 1982 Michael Jackson released his sixth solo album, Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling record of all time, certified 32x multi-platinum, and win eight Grammy Awards. -
berlin wall demolished
After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. -
Tim berners-lee invest in worldwide web
Tim began as a simple page of links that allowed a group of scientists to share data in the confines of their laboratories. The World Wide Web (WWW) was born on August 6, 1991, when the first web page was launched on the internet by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
