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Communist Revolution in China
Started because of Japanese invasion and Mao was able to use his military. -
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Important Events and Presidents
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Herbert Hoover Elected
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My grandfather Bernard King was born
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My grandmother Barbara Chubuck was born
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Franklin Roosevelt Elected
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My grandmother Carole House was born
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My grandfather Dennis Barrett SR. was born
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Harry Truman Elected
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Berlin Airlift
Used to get supplies to West Germany. -
Korean War
North Korea invades South Korea. -
Dwight Eisenhower Elected
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Vietnam War
South Vietnam goes to war with Vietnam Cong. -
My grandfather Dennis joins the airforce
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Sputnik
First artificial satelite to be put into orbit. -
My mom Donna King was born.
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John Kennedy Elected
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Berlin Wall
Kept citizens from leaving to go west. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
World almost goes into a nuclear war. -
Lydon Johnson takes over office
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JFK Assassination
President Kenedy was shot by an assassin while riding in his convertable. -
My aunt Lisa was born
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My uncle Dennis Barrett was born
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My dad Jonathan Barrett was born
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Richard Nixon Elected
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Kent State Shooting
Teens kill and injure their peers at school. -
My grandfather Dennis and my grandmother Carole got divorced
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Gerald Ford Elected
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Nixon Resignation
President Nixon resigns from office. -
Jimmy Carter Elected
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
66 Americans held hostage for 444 days. -
Ronald Reagan Elected
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Soviet Union Collapse
Soviet Union gets split up into 5 different countries. -
George H. W. Bush elected
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Tiananmen Square Protest
Soldiers fire shots at innocent protesters. -
Persian Gulf War
34 nations attacked Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. -
Bill Clinton Elected
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My uncle Dennis and my aunt Lisa's marriage
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My mom and my dad got married
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I was born
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My sister Amelia Barrett was born.
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George W. Bush
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9-11
al Qaeda crashes 2 planes into the World Trade Center in NYC and 1 plane into the Pentagon in D.C. -
War on Terror
U.S. declares war on terrorism, specifically al Qaeda in response to the 9-11 attacks. -
Barack Obama Elected