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Martin Luether King JR was shot and died by James Earl Ray.
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First man on the moon was Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin!
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Christa McAuliffe was on the Challenger when it exploded 73 seconds after lift off.
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The Persian Gulf War began in 1990 and lasted until early 1991. This war occurred as a response to Iraq invading Kuwait.
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The Oklahoma City bombing was caused by none other thanTimothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols who killed 168 people.
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George W. Bush was elected president.
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Terrorists took control of four airplanes. They crashed two planes into the World Trade Center in New York and one plane into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville,Pennsylvania.
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Barack Obama was voted the president of the United States. He was the first African American person elected to this position.
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Hurricane Katrina was the dedliest tornado that hit the U.S.A.
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Osama bin Laden was the head of al-Qaeda, the terrorist group responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011. On May 2, 2011, U.S. forces invaded his compound in Pakistan. Bin Laden was killed in the raid.