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Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidency
His main goal as president was to stop the spread of communism and reduce federal deficits. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks sat in the white section of a bus and refused to leave until she was arrested as a stand for equal rights. -
MLK junior leads first major civil rights event.
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the first major event of the U.S. civil rights movement, a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. -
First Frisbee Toy
The company Wham-o created the first plastic dish made to be thrown through the air. -
Creation of NASA
The U.S. needed a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. This led to the creation of NASA. -
Alaska becomes a state
President Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state. -
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John F. Kennedy Presidency
He increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam, he authorized an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs Invasion. And he was ultimately shot and killed during a parade. -
PEACE CORPS ESTABLISHED
a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance. -
Nixon invades Cambodia
The strike was aimed at forestalling communist North Vietnamese attacks into South Vietnam. Nixon kept it a secret until 2 days after when it was released to the public. -
Invention of Microprocesser
Intel's first microprocessor, the 4004, was conceived by Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor.
