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Harry Truman
approve production of the hydrogen sends air force and navy korea in june. -
Joseph McCathyism
practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence -
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Forest Gump
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Korean War
was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
ANZU Treaty
The United States, Australia, and New Zealand sign a mutual security pact, the ANZUS Treaty. -
Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
Forty-nine nations sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco, officially ending World War II and reestablishing Japanese sovereignty. -
Hydrogen Bomb
First hydrogen bomb is detonated by the U.S. on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands -
Julius and Ethel
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secret information about U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviets -
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
accuses army officials, members of the media, and other public figures of being Communists during highly publicized hearings -
brown v board of education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional -
Geneva Conference
U.S. rejects the French decision to recognize Communist control of North Vietnam. U.S. increases aid to South Vietnam. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
The "Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. -
Space race
Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. -
Bay of Pigs
The "Bay of Pigs" invasion of Cuba is repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro. -
John F. Kennedy
stated that the United States should set as a goal the "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the decade. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
One shot hit President Kennedy’s throat and he reached up with both hands toward the injury. Then another shot struck President Kennedy’s head, blowing off a part of his skull -
Malcom X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist -
Edward Brooke
first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate -
Martin Luther King assassinated
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on a motel balcony by James Earl Ray. -
WoodStock
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War Protest
March 14. Two American merchant marine sailors named Clyde McKay and Alvin Glatkowski seized the SS Columbia Eagle and forced the master to sail in to Cambodia as opposed to Thailand, where it was on its way to deliver napalm bombs to be used by the US Air Force in Vietnam -
Kent State University
Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia. -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
Watergate Scandal
break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Vietnam peace pacts
Four part Vietnam peace pacts, the Paris Peace Accords, were signed in Paris, France. The announcement of the military draft ending also occurred on that date. The last U.S. military troops would leave the war zone on March 29 -
Vietnam War
The end of the war. The U.S. pulls out. -
nuclear-proliferation pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a nuclear-proliferation pact, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. -
Iran hostage crisis
was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days -
embargo on sale of grain
President Jimmy Carter announces the embargo on sale of grain and high technology to the Soviet Union due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
HIV/ AIDS
First case of AIDS was found in San Francisco. Started because of the Hippie Movement. -
Mt. St. Helens volcano
The Mt. St. Helens volcano, in Washington State, erupts, killing fifty-seven people and economic devastation to the area with losses near $3 billion. The blast was estimated to have the power five hundred times greater than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. -
President Carter
President Carter signs legislation establishing Boston African American National Historic Site, which includes the oldest black church in America and other historic sites of the Black Heritage Trail in Boston, Massachusetts. -
John Lennon assassination
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the rock group the Beatles -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
Reagan Assassination Attempt
25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. opened fire on U.S. President Ronald Reagan just outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan was hit by one bullet, which punctured his lung. Three others were also injured in the shooting. -
launch of the Space Shuttle
The first launch of the Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center occurs as Columbia begins its STS-1 mission. The Space Shuttle is the first reusable spacecraft to be flown into orbit, and it returned to earth for a traditional touch down landing two days later. -
unemployment
The highest unemployment rate since 1940 is recorded at 10.4%. By the end of November, over eleven million people would be unemployed. -
Navy Captain Bruce McCandless and Army Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart
Navy Captain Bruce McCandless and Army Lt. Colonel Robert Stewart become the first astronauts to fly free of a spacecraft in orbit during a space shuttle flight that began four days earlier. -
Nuclear Forces Treaty
The United States and the Soviet Union sign an agreement, the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, to dismantle all 1,752 U.S. and 859 Soviet missiles in the 300-3,400 mile range. -
Falling of the Berlin Wall
Fortified concrete and wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It was built by the government of what was then East Germany to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West.
