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Vietnam War
The vietnam war started in 1955, between North Vietnam,who was supported by the USSR, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. This conflict between communist and capitalist countries was part of the Cold War.
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The hippie era
The hippie era was basically around to show people that other do not care what anyone else thinks. Hippies do as they please and do not care what others think and have to say. This all started -
Desegregation of Univ of Alabama
Alabama did not have any African Americans what so ever. In June 1963, George Wallace aloud 2 African Americans to attend the Univ of Alabama. People were outraged, many didnt want to attend the univ any longer -
JFK assassination
JFK was assassinated November 22, 1963
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy was assassinated as he walked through the kitchen on the Ambassador Hotel, he was suddenly shot and passed 26 hours later at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian/Jordanian immigrant, was convicted of Kennedy's murder and is serving a life sentence for the crime -
Meets president Nixon - Watergate
Gump met president Nixon January 1st, 1972. Gump really didn't know what to think considering he was actually meeting the president
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Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen is the most intense hurricane of 1974 hurricane season. Over 100,000 resident lost there homes and were in shelters for several months, some much longer than that. The hurricane killed hundreds and left hundreds wounded. -
Nixon Resigns
The year 1973 saw an Arab oil ban, fuel proportioning, and proceeding with arrangement of disclosures about the Watergate embarrassment. The outrage raised, costing Nixon quite a bit of his political backing, and on August 9, 1974, he surrendered practically certain arraignment and expulsion from office.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/richard-m-nixon/videos/richard-nixons-resignation-speech -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley sang and danced on live tv to the song Hound Dog
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AIDS/HIV outbreak
June 5, 1981 an outbreak of aids was revealed by a few gay men in a near by local hospital in Los Angeles.
