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Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was an activist known for her pivotal role in the desegregation of public buses. She refused to give up her seat on a bus and was therefore arrested since she was an African-American woman. -
Alaska and Hawaii join the US as States
The United States bought Alaska from Russia for over $7 million in 1867, later making it a state in 1959. Hawaii ceded to the US in 1898, officially becoming a state in 1959 alongside Alaska. -
John F. Kennedy Presidency
Kennedy was president from 1961 to 1963. He is known for being the first Catholic president in office, the youngest president elected, and for accelerating the US's influence in space. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a failed US invasion of the southwestern coast of Cuba. Nearly 1,500 Cuban exiles were sent to the shores in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. The attempted invasion did not reflect well on the United States. -
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency
Johnson became President following the assassination of President Kennedy. He was in office from 1963 to 1969 and is best known for signing the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
President Kennedy is Assassinated
Kennedy was assassinated in Parkland Health, Dallas, Texas in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. The young President's last words were "My God, I've been hit." -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN in 1968 by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel. -
Richard Nixon Presidency
Nixon was in office from 1968 to 1974, he is best known for overseeing the end of the United States' participation in the Vietnam War.