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Harry Truman inaugrated
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South Pacific, prize winning musical opens on Broadway.
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Johnnie Ray signs his first recording contract with Okeh Records, "Whiskey & Gin"
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North and South Korea declare war
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The King and I, musical, opens on Broadway
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Albert Einstein dies at the age of 76
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Pope Paul VI is elected papacy
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the first U.S. combat troops, 3,500 marines, land in South Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon is elected president
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Watergate scandal
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Irianian Revolution
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Sally Ride is the first American woman in space
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Mr. Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway
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China declares martial law
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O.J. Simpson arrested for double murder
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Scientists successfully clone sheep, named Dolly
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Terrorists hijack American airlines, crashing into the World Trade Center
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U.S. population reaches three hundred million people
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Barack Obama becomes first African American President