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Birth control approved by the FDA.
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Theodore Maiman invented the first laser.
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The movie Psycho is released.
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Freedom riders challenge segregation on interstate buses.
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Peace Corps was founded.
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President John F. Kennedy gives the "Man on the Moon" speech.
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Andy Warhol created his famous Campbell's soup painting.
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First Wal-Mart opened in America.
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Marilyn Monroe died.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. makes "I have a dream" speech.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occured in the capital for equal rights for African Americans.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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Hasbro creates GI Joe.
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The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and become popular all over the US.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted giving African Americans complete equal rights.
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Miniskirt becomes popular.
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US sends first set of troops to Vietnam.
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New York City Great Blackout.
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Vietnam War draft protests.
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NOW organization formed.
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First episode of Star Trek aired.
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3 astronauts killed in simulated space launch.
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First Super Bowl.
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Thurgood Marshall first African American on US Supreme Court.
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My Lai Massacre
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Nerve gas leak in Utah kills 6,000 sheep.
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Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated.
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First person walks on the moon.
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Woodstock
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First episode of Sesame Street airs.