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Soviet Union launches Sputnik I
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Election of John F. Kennedy
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Construction on the Berlin Wall is begun
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Limited Test Ban is Signed
Between the U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union which prohibits the testing of nuclear weapons. -
John F. Kennedy Assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson is now president -
U.S. launches their first nuclear reactor into space
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Election of Richard Nixon
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Watergate Scandal
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Election of Gerald R. Ford
Nixon resigned after his reelection due to the Watergate Scandal. -
The First Pipe is laid in the Alaska Pipeline
Moves oil 800 miles in Alaska