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Elvis Presley first appeared on Television on a show called The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show in New York.
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A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School.
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JFK was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.
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A war consisting of USA, China, Viet Kong, South Vietnam, and North Korea. The war lasted for 20 years.
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In Oakland, California, Huey Newton and Bobby
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Bobby Kennedy is shot and killed in Los Angles, California.
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Richard Nixon was elected into the presidency.
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The First Americans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin, and Micheal Collins land on the moon in the Lunar Module.
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Manson was convicted of first degree murder. Was sentenced to death and was later sentenced to life in prison after the California supreme court invalidated all death sentences.
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Players from the United States and The Peoples Republic of China played table tennis which marked a thaw in Sino-American relations.
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The first pair of Nike Shoes come out.
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A Political scandal where there was a break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC.
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After the Watergate Scandal had escalated so far, Nixon resigned in order to out run an impeachment. He was Pardoned by his successor Gerald Ford.
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Most Intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 hurricane season. Carmen was a very destructive and widespread storm.
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The Charles Manson cult tried to assassinate president Gerald Ford in California.
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Apple created the Apple 1 which was discontinued in 1977.
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President Jimmy Carter collapses while running a six-mile race, sparking fears he has suffered a heart attack. White House physicians diagnose heat exhaustion and declare him to be "perfectly normal." Ninety minutes later, Carter hands out trophies at the finish line.
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John Lennon was shot and killed in Manhattan, New York.
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69 days into his presidency John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded President Reagan.
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Space Shuttle Columbia soared into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
