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*First organ transplant
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*Korean War begins
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*T.V. color broadcasting began
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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*Elvis Presley begins his rise to fame
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*Disneyland opens
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
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*Jackie Robinson retires from baseball
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Central High School integrated in Little Rock, Arkansas
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*NASA formed as U.S.begins ramping up efforts to explore space
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*Hula Hoop invented
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John Kennedy Elected
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Freedom Riders begin routes
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Rachel Carson Writes Silent Spring
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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the Feminine Mystique is published
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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Assination of John Kennedy
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*Nike company founded
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*Muhammad Ali became heavyweight champion
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Civil Rights Act signed by Lyndon Johnson
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CesarChavez and creation of United Farm Workers
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Assination of Malcolm X
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March on Selma
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Rioots in WATTS
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Founding Conference for Now
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*First Super Bowl
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TET Offensive
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Massacre at My Lai
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Assination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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Nixon becomes President
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Man on the moon
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Woodstock
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*Sesame Street premieres on National T.V.
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First Earth Day observed
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Kent State Protesters killed
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*Email invented
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ERA passes Congress as a proposed amendment
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*Hacky Sac invented
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Watergate Scandal
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Title IX (sports) is passed
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OPEC oil embargo
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Roe vs. Wade passed
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Wounded knee and FBI clash
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*Disposable Lighter invented
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Nixon resigns and Ford becomes President
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Post-it note invented
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*Walter Payton drafted
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*Oakley company founded
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Cell phone invented
