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GI Bill
The "GI Bill", made law in 1944, and directed mainly towards returning WWII veterans. The bill provided home-coming servicemen benefits such as returning to school. -
TV
In the 1950s, television became available for the American Public, and TV shows such as The Lone Ranger, Texaco Star Theater, and I Love Lucy were some of the favorite TV shows in this time period. -
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4 Minute Mile
On May 6th 1954, Roger Bannister, who had broken the 4 minute barrier, he had beaten this 4 minute race with a second to spare. He had ran the distance in 3 minutes, 39 seconds, and to exact it was 4 milliseconds. In his training he would always visualize the achievement he would feel once his goal accomplished, he would do this to create a sense of certainty for himself. -
Disneyland
Disneyland had opened July 17,1955. There were a thousand special visitors to try it out. Later that day Disney opened they opened it to the public. Disneyland opened in California; it used to be a orange orchard. It had cost 17 million to build. The original park included: Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. -
Rosa Parks
In December of 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. This move became one of the symbols of the civil rights movements, leading Rosa Parks to fame and a career as a civil rights activist. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to become president of the United States. He beat republican vice president Richard Nixon. He was also the first Catholic to become president. The campaign was fought hard. This was the first election that was aired on television. Many people believed that his sweet charm during the debates is what helped him win the presidency. Nixon would always try the “he’s way too young” and “he’s way too inexperienced for the job” card, but Kennedy won anyway. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The season was fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union became so close to having a nuclear war globally. The nuclear weapons were armed for cities and military targets in most of the continental United States. U.S. intelligence discovered Khrushchev's brash maneuver in what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Malcom X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, an African American human rights activist, came to the public attention in 1957. He died in 1965 because of several gunshot wounds to the chest. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers formed in 1966 as a black revolutionary socialist group. Formed in California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, this organization wanted freedom and equality for African Americans. -
First Man on the Moon
July 20th, 1969. Neil Armstrong had been recognized as being the first person to step on the moon. Aldrin and Armstrong walked for about 3 hours around the moon, they would do experiments, and they picked up bits of the moons rocks and soil. They had put the American flag on the moon they also put a sign on the moon.
Two astronaughts returned in orbit, joining Collins. July 24th, 1969, all three astronauts came back to earth safely. President john F. Kennedy had a wish to get humans in space an -
VCR
In 1970, VCRs became available to the average, middle class family. They were reasonably priced, and fairly convenient to use. By 1975, there were several major companies selling VCRs, and more competition. -
Abortion
Abortion- It has been 40 years since the abortion case with Roe VS. Wade and the abortion debate has changed a lot. Now you have a choice, with is called pro-choice meaning women have a choice to have an abortion or not, but one thing hasn’t changed there are still a lot of people against the ideal of abortion. So it’s just a matter of opinion. -
US Bicentennial
Our country's 200th anniversary was celebrated in a variety of ways: there were intricate firework displays over major cities, parades, and a special visit from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. People painted their mailboxes red, white, and blue as they looked back on the year our country was founded. -
Star Wars
In 1977, the first Star Wars film was released. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher, it was an immediate hit with the American public. Set in a fictional galaxy, the movie opens up in the middle of a civil war and follows Luke Skywalker's travels through the galaxy. -
3 Mile Island
The date was March 28, 1979. There was a reactor called “Reactor 2” that was at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Reactor 2 had a partial meltdown. Within weeks there were lawsuits against Metropolitan Edison Company (a subsidiary of General Public Utilities) and all the attorneys represented the businesses and residents within 25 miles of the plant.
There was over 2,000 personal injury claims. People claimed they had health problems because of the gamma radiation. -
Etheopian Drought
Starting in 1983, five of Ethiopia's provinces suffered from a record drought. Over 400,000 people died in the North during the two years of drought that ensued in the worst drought of Ethiopia in over a century. During this famine, Ethiopia also endured climate changes. -
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride was the first American women to go to space. It was the year of 1977 that was monumental for her, she first responded to an advertisement in her newspaper.She finally did something no other American women have done before; they allowed her to fly into space. She took her first trip on the challenger.
After the challenger exploded in 1986, sally joined the team responsible for investigating the tragedy afterwards she worked in the NASA headcounters in Washington dc. -
Black Monday
Black Monday-black Monday started October 19, 1987 and this happened to be the second major stock market crash that happened in the twentieth century. It was the largest one-day drop in the stock market. It had dropped 22.6% will the loss of 500 billion dollars in one whole day. -
Berlin Wall Collapse
In November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was considered officially abolished. The Berlin wall had previously separated communist Germany from democratic Germany, but after several months of protest, demolition began. -
Rap Music
Gangs and gang violence in 1991 lead to 100,000 gang members and 800 gangs in Los Angeles, which lead to 600 L.A. youths killed in gang and drug-related incidents. One common song would be “I Used to Love H.E.R.”. People say that in the 90’s music was more meaningful and now a days the music is just a bunch of words put together that don’t mean a thing. You can like or hate the rap music in the 1990’s but it’s all on how you interpreted it. -
Operation Desert Storm
The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Storm, started on August 2, 1990 and ended less than a year later on February 28. President Bush stationed troops in Saudi Arabia and encouraged other nations to do the same. Their goal was to forcibly repel Iraqi troops from Kuwait, which had been invaded prior to Operation Desert Storm. -
Rwanda Genocide
In 1994, in the East African state of Rwanda, over 500,000 people were killed over a period of 100 days. This genocide targeted people of Tutsi background, and was mostly arranged by people from the Hutu ethnical group. The participating people set out to kill as many Tutsi people as they could, regardless of age or gender, and the massacre only ended after 100 days. -
OJ Simpson
So we’ve all heard of the OJ Simpson case. Who would have guessed one case could cause so much controversy. He allegedly killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown/Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The court had found him not guilty of the charges but he was sued in civil court. He was sued 33 million dollars.
Recently he made a book with Judith Regan and its titled “if I did it” it’s an inappropriate piece of writing because he summarizes how he would have killed his ex-wife. -
Dolly The Sheep
The sheep that got cloned was dolly, dolly the sheep was a domestic sheep, and the very first mammal to be cloned from an adult by using the progress of nuclear transfer. She was born July 5th, 1996 and died February 14th, 2003. She had 6 kids which was Sally, Rosie, Bonnie, Lucy, Darcy, and Cotton, -
9/11
On September 11, 2001, four passenger planes were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda members. The most famous of the targeted buildings were the world trade centers in New York City, which both collapsed when two planes crashed into them. One plane crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth was scheduled for the US Capitol. However, the passengers of the fourth flight resisted the hijackers and the plane crashed into a Pennsylvanian field. -
DC Snipers
For three weeks in October 2002, snipers throughout the Washington DC area killed ten people and severely injured three others. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were convicted of murdering the victims, and Muhammad was executed in 2009. His 17 year-old partner was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. -
Iraq War
The Iraq War officially started on March 20, 2003. That summer, the forces opposing Iraq concentrated on locating and capturing Iraq's former leaders. In December of 2011, the war with Iraq was considered over, and American troops were withdrawn. -
Martha Stewart
In 2004, Martha Stewart was convicted of conspiracy, among other crimes. Sentenced to five months in a federal confinement address, she served her sentence in West Virginia. -
Haiti Earthquake
On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0. Around 220,000 people died during the earthquake and the aftershocks that followed - 52 aftershocks measured over 4.5 on the Richter scale. Many missionaries and organizations registered Haiti's need and responded with help and supplies.
