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Roma, Italy, Olympic Games
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Berlin Crisis
Cold War culminated in the construction of the Berlin Wall -
Rachel Carson AMERICAN BIOLOGIST
She warned that our earth would die of pollution and chemicals -
Martin Luther King
I have a dream speech -
Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for "Lilies of the Field”
On this day in 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sidney-poitier-wins-best-actor-oscar-for-lilies-of-the-field -
Flag of Canada
A vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white (double width) with the red maple leaf centred on the white band.
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Walt Disney
Walt Disney, the Pied Piper of Hollywood, who made a mountain of money out of a mouse, died today in Burbank, California at the age of 65 -
Tragedy Apolo 1
One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.
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Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first to reach the Moon, orbit it, and return.
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First man on the moon
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did experiments. They picked up bits of moon dirt and rocks.
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html
