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Brown vs. Board of Education
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
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Bill Russel Joined the NBA
Bill Russel was drafted to the Atlanta Hawks but was traded to the Boston Celtics on draft night -
Central High School integrated in Little Rock, Arkansas
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Wilt Chamberlain joined the NBA
Wilt Chamberlain was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors on March 31, 1959 -
John Kennedy elected
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Wilt Chamberlain makes history
Wilt grabbed 55 total rebounds against long time rival but great friend Bill Russel -
Freedom Riders
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Wilt Chamberlain makes history pt.2
Wilt scored 100pts against the New York Knicks -
Rachel Carson writes "Silent Spring"
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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"The Feminine Mystique" is published
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March on Washington
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Assassination of John Kennedy
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Lyndon Johnson re-elected to Presidency
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Civil Rights Act signed by Lyndon Johnson
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Founding conference for NOW
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OPEC oil embargo
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Nixon becomes President
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Assassination of Malcome X
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March on Selma
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Riots in WATTS
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Cesar Chavez and farm workers strike
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TET Offensive
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Massacre at My Lai
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Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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Farwell Bill
Bill Russel retired the same day as he won his record setting 11 NBA championships -
Man on the Moon
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Woodstock
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First Earth Day observed
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Kent State Protesters killed
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ERA passes Congress as a proposed amendent
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SALT 1 summit
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Watergate scandal
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Title IX (sports) is passed
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Roe vs. Wade passed
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Wounded Knee and FBI clash
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Nixon resigns and Ford becomes President