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Polio Vaccine
This vaccine is hoped to be greatly effective and will make the virus disappear that has been a great threat for many generations. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. She was arrested for disobeying Alabama law which required black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. -
U.S. Launches Satellite
The U.S. launches the first satellite called Explorer I, making entry into the "space race" with the Russians. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee. He was killed by James Earl Ray who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. -
Nixon Elected President
Nixon is elected President of the U.S. -
Watergate
Five men are caught breaking and entering the headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington D.C. This eventually ended in President Nixon's resignation. -
Nixon Resigns
President Nixon resigns because of the Watergate Scandal.