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Peace corps founded
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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JFK Assassinated
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Martin Luther King Jr. makes "I have a dream" speech
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MLK and Ralph Abernathy aressted
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Civil Rights act passed
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Malcom X assinssinated
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U.S. sends troops to vietnam
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Three U.S. astronauts killed during simulated launch
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Palestinian group hijacks five planes
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Kent State shootings
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terrorist attack at the olympic games in munich
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Abortion legalized in U.S.
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Sears tower built
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U.S. pulls out of vietnam
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Terractotta Army discovered in China
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Nixon Resigns
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Arthur Ashe First African American man to win wimbledon
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Microsoft founded
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Elvis found dead
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Mother Theresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
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John Lennon Assassinated
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Assassination Attempt on Reagan
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First Woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Vietnam War Memorial opened in Washington DC
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U.S. Embassy in Beirut Bombed
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Sally Ride first American woman in space
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Wreck of the Titanic Found
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Challenger Space shuttle explodes
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U.S. Bombs Libya
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New York Stock Exchange suffers huge drop on "Black Monday"
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Operation Desert Storm
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Official End of Cold War
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World Trade center Bombed
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O.J. Simpson Arrested for double murder
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Oklahoma City Bombing
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Pathfinder sends back images from Mars
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Tiger Woods Wins Masters
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Clinton Impeached
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USS Cole Bombed
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U.S. begins military strikes in Afghanistan
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9/11
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President Bush defines axis of evil
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U.S. launches war against Iraq
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NASA mars Rover lands safely on Mars
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Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf
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Obama announces candidacy for president
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Obama wins U.S. Presidential election
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Obama is inaugurated as America's first black president
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JFK Jr. Dies in plane accident