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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was born in Georgia. He moved and went to high school in California. He played 4 sports Baseball, Track, Basketball and Football. After college he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player in 1947. In 1972 he died of heart complications and diabetes. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was the king of Rock and Roll, born on January 8 1935. He lived in Graceland Memphis TN. Hes famous for the song Crazy Little Things Called Love. He died August 16 1977 of heart failure by prescription overdose. -
Cold War
The U.S and the U.S.S.R were in the cold war the Cold war was a state of tension between two actual countries without actual fighting. The Cold War happened because it was Communism vs Decomcracy -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built in the capital of Germany it was 691 1/2 miles long. East Germans built the wall over night. They built the wall because they wanted to divided up the West and East -
JFK Assassination
JFK was the 35th President of the United States. He was assassinated on Friday November 22 at 12:30 in Dallas, Texas . He was in a car with his wife Jackie Kennedy and a man name Lee Harvey Oswald shot him in the head and died at 2:00. -
The First Man to Walk on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Neil was born on August 5 in 1930 in Ohio. Neil is a pilot,astronaut, and educator he joined the astronaut program in 1962 and he went on his first mission in 1966 he was spacecraft carrier for Apollo 11 then he was named the first person to be on the moon. In 2012 Neil Armstrong died. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
Martin Luther King was a American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights movement. Unfortunately he was shot in Memphis TN on April 4 1968 by a man name James Earl Ray he was in a hotel across the parking lot. King was shot in his jaw and died at 7:05 pm. -
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was our 38th president he was born in Nebraska 1913 July 14 1913 he was a republican. Gerald Ford took over office when Richard Nixon quit being President on August 8 1974 -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald was born February 6 1911 in IL. He was our 40th president he was president from 1981 to 1989 before becoming president he was actor and the governor of California. As president he cut down taxes and increased defense spending. Reagan also got an agreement with the Soviet to help end the Cold War faster. In 2004 he died of Alzheimer's -
George H.W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was our 41 president from 1989 to 1993 he was also the Vice president for Ronald Reagan. To began his Political career he was in the U.S House of Representatives in 1967.He was only president for one term because in 2000 he lost to Bill Clinton but after Clinton his Son was elected the 43rd President -
September 11, 2001
On September 11 at 7:46 in New York American Airlines crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center it was 110 stories high then 20 minutes later United Airlines hit the South Tower from Boston to Los Angeles. They were trying to hit the White House or the Capital but they didn't they crashed the plane in a field but the Passengers died as heroes because they stood up to the Hijackers. The 9/11 happened because of Osma Bin Laden and he was killed in 2011 -
Iraq/Afghanistan
The war was in October 2001 and March 2003. The possibility of Iraq employing weapons of mass destruction led to an occupation. The death of the president Sadden Hussem and Osama bin Laden helped the Iraqis elect their own goverment. The U.S forces have been attacked and the Tailban about 6,882 casualties as of May 17 2016 cost 4-6 trillion
