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A Time for Change

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
  • **First nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned**

    **First nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned**
  • **Warsaw Pact signed**

    **Warsaw Pact signed**
  • **Disneyland opens**

    **Disneyland opens**
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • **Khruschev denounces Stalin**

    **Khruschev denounces Stalin**
  • Central High School integrated

    Central High School integrated
  • **Laika sent into space**

    **Laika sent into space**
  • **NASA founded**

    **NASA founded**
  • **First hovercraft shown to public**

    **First hovercraft shown to public**
  • **First American death in Vietnam**

    **First American death in Vietnam**
  • **First Laser fired**

    **First Laser fired**
  • **First episode of The Flintsones**

    **First episode of The Flintsones**
  • John F. Kennedy elected

    John F. Kennedy elected
  • Freedom Riders first ride

    Freedom Riders first ride
  • **US aid arrives in Vietnam**

    **US aid arrives in Vietnam**
  • **Compact Cassette Tape invented**

    **Compact Cassette Tape invented**
  • Rachel Carson writes Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson writes Silent Spring
  • Period: to

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Feminine Mystique published

    Feminine Mystique published
  • **Postal Service requires ZIP Code**

    **Postal Service requires ZIP Code**
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
  • Assassination of John F. kennedy

    Assassination of John F. kennedy
  • **Ford introduces the Mustang**

    **Ford introduces the Mustang**
  • Civil Rights act signed

    Civil Rights act signed
  • Lyndon Johnson re-elected

    Lyndon Johnson re-elected
  • Assassination of Malcom X

    Assassination of Malcom X
  • Period: to

    **Operation Rolling Thunder**

  • Period: to

    Selma to Montgomery Marches

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

    Medicare and Medicaid established
  • Period: to

    Watts Riots

  • Cesar Chavez and farm workers strike

    Cesar Chavez and farm workers strike
  • **Kevlar invented**

    **Kevlar invented**
  • **Super Bowl I**

    **Super Bowl I**
  • **M16 is adopted as standard service rifle**

    **M16 is adopted as standard service rifle**
  • **First heart transplant**

    **First heart transplant**
  • Period: to

    Tet Offensive

  • **First call to 9-1-1**

    **First call to 9-1-1**
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Assassination of Robert Kennedy

    Assassination of Robert Kennedy
  • Founding Conference for NOW

    Founding Conference for NOW
  • Nixon inaugurated

    Nixon inaugurated
  • **ARPANET, predecessor to the Internet is invented**

    **ARPANET, predecessor to the Internet is invented**
  • Apollo 11 lands on the Moon

    Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
  • Period: to

    Woodstock Festival

  • **Sesame Street debuts**

    **Sesame Street debuts**
  • First Earth Day observed

    First Earth Day observed
  • Protesters at Kent State killed

    Protesters at Kent State killed
  • Equal Rights Ademendment passes Congress

    Equal Rights Ademendment passes Congress
  • **First video game console released**

    **First video game console released**
  • Period: to

    Watergate scandal

  • Title IX

    Title IX
  • SALT 1 summit

    SALT 1 summit
  • **Lyndon Johnson dies**

    **Lyndon Johnson dies**
  • Roe v Wade decided

    Roe v Wade decided
  • Period: to

    Wounded Knee incident

  • Period: to

    OPEC Oil Embargo

  • Nixon resigns

    Nixon resigns
  • **Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon**

    **Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon**