contemporary social

By pschwartz0
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  • F.D.R becomes the first to be elected for 3rd term as president.

  • the movie Casablanca comes out in NYC and changes American’s view on the war.

  • the Pentagon building gets completed.

  • Jackie Robinson joins the Dodgers and becomes first African American major league player.

  • the first color tv goes on sale.

  • racial segregation in schools is declared unconstitutional.

  • ”The Mickey Mouse Club” premieres.

  • Disneyland opens

  • McDonald’s food chain opens

  • NASA gets created

  • Peace Corps is created

  • first Walmart gets opened in Arkansas.

  • Marilyn Monroe dies

  • JFK gets assassinated.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed

  • Rolling Stones issues first magazine

  • Woodstock music festival takes place

  • the Beatles break up.

  • Watergate scandal

  • Abortion is made legal in the U.S

  • Cell phones were invented

  • Elvis dies

  • Pac-Man gets released

  • The original SONY Walkman was invented

  • MTV gets created

  • “Thriller” gets released

  • Microsoft opens Windows

  • the internet goes global

  • Mall of America opens in Minnesota

  • NAFTA goes into effect

  • first successfully cloned sheep, Dolly.

  • Google gets founded

  • Columbine shooting

  • 9/11

  • First iPod gets released

  • groundbreaking ceremony for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero

  • Youtube was created

  • Barack Obama becomes first African American President

  • America has the worst economy since the Great Depression

  • Biggest oil spill to ever happen occurs in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Navy SEALs take down Osama Bin Laden

  • Siri was created

  • Boston Marathon bombing

  • Heartbeat bill is passed in Alabama House

  • Heartbeat bill is passed in Alabama House

  • Donald Trump gets elected as president

  • Trump is sworn in as the 44th president