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Civil Rights Act of 1957
All Americans were granted the right to vote. -
Sputnik 1
Russia launches first satellite in space -
Explorer 1
United States launches their first satellite in space. -
Alaska and Hawaii
Become 49th and 50th states in United States -
JFK assassination
John F. Kennedy is assassinated -
Vietnam War
The United States enters the Vietnam War -
MLK assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Montgomery, Alabama -
Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon -
26th Amendment
Voting age become 18