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1960-1969
The 60's was the beginning of media and a lot of people got more involved with what was going on in America. -
Presidential Election; President John F. Kennedy
President Eisenhower couldn't be re-elected so President JFK triumphed over Richard Nixion in the 1960 Presidential Election. -
FIrst Televised Election
The presidential election of 1960 was the first election to ever be shown on television. -
Peace Corps
The US Government invented the peace corps which is a voulentary program which provides assistance and helps people understand the American culture. -
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmates at the prision escaped and California, in response to it, stepped up the prision's security. They used a raft to get accross the water, and the men either died or successfully escaped. -
March on Washington an Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The March on Washington was held during the civil rights movement era. The march attracted over 200,000 people and when the reached Washington D.C., Dr. King gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. -
JFK Assassination
Only 3 years into President JFK's term, he was assassnated. President JFK was shot once in his shoulder, once in his head which then caused his brains to come out of his head. -
Beatles become popular in the USA
The Beatles were a "boy-band" formed in England. They made music that basically focused on the sociocultural revolutions of the 60's. -
Malcon X Assasinated
Malcom X, unlike MLK Jr. was a civil rights activist who turned to violence instead of peaceful protesting. Malcom X was signifigant because he refusued to go by his last name because he felt like it was given to him by his ancestor's slave owners. When X was assasinated, it gave people yet another loss of hope for civil equality. -
Star Trek T.V. Series Airs
Star Trek premired on NBC for the first time in '66. People appreciated it then because it was one of the first futuristic shows that gave people an idea on what the future may have been. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre wa during the Vietnam war. A bunch of unarmed Vietnamese citizens were killed by the army and the government tried to hide it for 18 months after it happened. -
King Assassination
Dr. King was shot and killed in his hotel in Tennessee. This was signifigant because Dr. King was a symbol of hope for most African Americans so people lost a lot of hope after he was killed. -
Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac killer was a huge scare for people in Northern California in the late 60's because no one ever found out who he was and everyone was concerned that they would be next. -
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
The computer floppy disks made it easier for people to save what was on their computer so that they didnt have to use so much of their cpu memory. -
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1970-1979
This decade was potrayed as a piviot of change. -
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
The US agreed to withdraw all its troops from Vietnam in 60 days. Congress had stopped funding the war effort. The North Vietnamese government agreed to release all prisoners, which they never did. Free elections were to be held in Vietnam. -
Abortion Leagalized
The Court ruled, 7 to 2, that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion. -
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Microsoft made it eaiser for people other than university students to have cpu access. -
Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Presly, A.K.A The King of Rock and Roll, was a big american icon. He was found dead on his toilet in 1977 and a lot of people took it really hard because Elvis was a big idol for some people. -
Jonestown Massacre
"Jonestown" was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project formed by the Peoples Temple. In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones instructed his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced fruit punch. -
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1980-1989
This time period saw great social, economic, and general change as wealth and production migrated to newly industrializing economies. -
Pac-Man game introduced
Pac-Man started as an arcade game and eventually evolved to a handheld game. Pac-Man became a social phenomenon that sold a large amount of merchandise and also inspired an animated T.V. show. -
CNN First Introduced
CNN was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. CNN was the first 24-hour news channel. When CNN started, people slowly became more and more addicted to watching TV because now they didn't have a set time that they couldnt watch T.V. -
Assassination Attempt on President Regan
Regan's assassination attempt happened only 69 days into his presidency. He was leaving hishotel when someone tried to shoot him. His secret servicemen took the bullets and Regan was only wounded. -
New Plague: AIDS
In 1981 America first discovered AIDS. AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease that was given to men through sexual activity with other men. AIDS soon began to spread to women because most gay men still had wives and girlfriends. -
First Woman Appointed to Supreme Court
In 1981 President Regan appionted the first woman, Sandra Day O'Connor, as a supreme court justice. She retired in 2006. -
IBM Personal Computer
The IBM PC is the original version of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division. IBM PC's allowed people to buy computers for themselves and not have to go to the universities and libraries. -
Vietnam War Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam, and those service members who were not acknowledged for fighting in the War. -
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Jackson introduced his album Thriller by releasing his Thriller music video. The video was a big shock for everyone because it was like a mini-movie. The video costed about $750,000 to make. -
Star Wars Defense Plan
During a nationally televised address on national security, President Ronald Reagan proposed the development of the technology to intercept enemy nuclear missiles. The plan, called the Strategic Defense Initiative, and was called “Star Wars” by its critics. -
1983 United States embassy bombing
United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. 63 people were killed and it was mostly workers. 17 of the ones who were killed were Americans, and is thought of as marking the beginning of anti-U.S. attacks by Islamist groups. -
Sally Ride
Sally Ride the first American woman in space as a crew member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. Her second space flight was in 1984, also on board the Challenger. She died in 2012. -
Flight 007
Korean Airlines had a flight, 007, that was scheduled to fly from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. The airline serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor. All 269 passengers and crew members were killed. -
Titanic
the wreck of the Titanic was found in the coast of Newfoundland. -
Glasnost: Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost was a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev introduced it as a new form of government. -
Challenger Explodes
Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, it caused 7 crew members to die and the shuttle to desinegrate across the Atlantic. -
U.S. Bombs Libya
Code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, the US administered air strikes at Libya. The attack was carried out by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps via air strikes, in response to the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. There were 40 deaths in Libya, and one US plane down. -
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai that was shot down by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes. The attack took place in Iranian airspace, over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. 290 died. -
Tiananmen Square
Troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military's advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing. -
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1990-1999
Movements spread around the world to young people aided by new technology such as cable television and the Internet. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned, declaring his office extinct, and handed over the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. That same ight the USSR flag was lowered. -
World Trade Center
A truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people were killed and a thousand wounded. The attack was planned by a group of terrorists: Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Nidal A. Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin and Ahmad Ajaj. -
Waco, Texas
A cult in Waco, TX was raided and turned into a shootout. They were a religious group, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, adn was led by David Koresh -
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsis in Rwanda. They were killed by the military people and between 500,000 and 1,000,000 were killed. 70% of the Rwandan population was killed. -
OKC Bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The bombing killed 168 people and injured over 680 others. The bomb damaged 324 other buildings and casued $652 millions worth of damage. -
Ceyerah Miller
Ceyerah Kayeleise Miller was born on October 14th, 1997 in Lancaster, CA -
Titanic: The Movie
After the ship Titanic sunk, it was such a big phenomenom that they decided to make a movie about it. In 1997 the movie Titanic was released with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. -
President Clinton Impeached
President Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. He was put on trial by the House for perjury and obstruction of justice.He was acquitted of both charges by the Senate on February 12, 1999. -
Columbine High School massacre
The Coulmbine Massacre was done by 2 former Columbine High students. They came back to the school with the intent to kill everyone. There were bluprints of the school that were found and a video stating that they were going to shoot up the school. The boys committed suicide after they felt like evryone was killed. -
NATO attacks Serbia
The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The operation was not authorized by the UN and was the first time that NATO used military force without the approval of the UN Security Council. -
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2000-2010
This decade continued the technological changes that started in the the previous decades. -
9/11
Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 flew toward the World Trade Center shortly before slamming into the south tower as the north tower burns following an earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York. -
War in Afghan
The war in Afghanistan is still going on. -
Apple Launches the first iPod
The iPod is a line of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone. It was one of the deadlies hurricanes ever. It hit New Orleans the most and destroyed nost of the city. -
President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama was the first African American to ever be president. He is our 44th president. President Obama was reelected in 2012 for his second and final term, -
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