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WWII Ended
was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. -
Little Rock Nine Incident
were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. -
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Sputnik Launched
. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program. -
The U-2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
was an unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
was a large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. -
March on Wasington
was a large political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War. -
Brown V. Board of Education Decision
was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.