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Raising the flag on Iwo Jima
During the battle of Iwo Jima the United States army raised a Us flag atop Mount Suribachi. -
The Yalta Conference
This is a conference between the big three, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin -
The First meeting
On this day the United Nations held their first meeting at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. -
Hot Hot Hot
Cars where being transformed into cool looking cars. These cars where called hot rods. They had flame painting on the side and where fast and loud. -
McCarthyism
Joseph McCarthy makes false accusations and declares that there is communists within the american government. -
WEEEEEEEEEE
The first metal roller coasters where created. The first metal coaster was in Disney Land. Not long after there was one built in six flags. -
The Beatles
A rock group that would grow to be a world wide phenomenon not only during the 60's but today as well. -
A Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a scare for all the earth. It was the United States and the Soviet Union threatening each other with giant nuclear missiles. -
Dreaming
Martin Luther King Jr. Gave his famous speech, "I have a dream..." This set a revolutionary act against racial discrimination. -
Assassination
This day was the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated on his way to give a speech. -
SILENCE
Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 on the Billboard top 100. A musical that is well known even to this day. -
Up Up and away
This day changed things forever. The very first moon landing. The first humans to step on another planet. This one day was, "One small step" and a "Giant leap for mankind."
