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Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. This kicks off the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Elvis enter the music charts
Elvis enters the music charts after appearing on the Ed Sullivan show. -
Arkansas Governor removes National Guard from protecting the Little Rock 9.
Governor Orville Faubus of Arkansas calls out the National Guard of the United States to prevent the "Little Rock Nine" African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School. -
NASA established
The National Aeronautics and Space Association is established on Kennedy's behalf. -
Alaska becomes a state
Alaska is admitted as the 49th state. -
JFK was elected
JFK beats Nixon and becomes President of the United States. -
Bay of pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA-financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was an utter failure. -
JFK bans trade with Cuba
JFK bans trade with Cuba except for food and drug items. -
JFK assasinated
Jfk was shot in the neck and head in Dallas texas and was confirmed dead in Parkland Memorial Hospital. -
Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion
Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston in an upset. -
Bloody sunday
Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. No one was killed in the clash. -
Miranda V. Arizona
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. -
Apollo 1
U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test. -
Martin luther king jr assasinated
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
USA wins the Space race
USA beats russia and effectively lands on the moon ending the space race, -
War changes pace
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. -
Tv cigarette ads banned
The US government ban on TV Cigarette ads went into effect. -
The rock was born
Dwayne "the rock" johnson was born. -
CAT scan imaging
CAT scan imaging is introduced into the medical world. -
Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. -
Vietnam war ends
1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War, sometimes called the Second Indochina War or the American War.