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Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, protesting their denial of service.
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piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia
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John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of the United States.
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The USSR set off a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb making it the biggest explosion in world history.
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Powers sentenced to prison for 10 years
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Martin Luther King gies his famous I jave a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
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Kennedy is Assassinated in the streets of Dallas,Texas while with his motorcade.
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The Civil Rights Act Passed and it was a huge landmark making the rights of blacks and women the same as white men.
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Malcom X was shot to death in a New York City auditorium.
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The Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band
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Over 1,000 were injured and 34 dead on the streets on California from blacks rioting.
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Doctoral dissertation is printed by a computer.
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Family were an English rock band that formed in late 1966 and disbanded in October 1973.he band achieved recognition in the United Kingdom through their albums, club and concert tours and appearances at festivals.
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A team of South American surgeons performs the worlds first sucessful human heart transplant, taking a giant leap in medical history.
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Woodstock was a music and art festival held in Sulivan County, featuring 32 of the biggest bands of the era.
