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KU KLUX KLAN
The name of three distinct movements in the US that have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-immigration, and anti-Catholicism and antisemitism. -
Elvis Presley
He was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll". -
Vietnam War
A protracted military conflict between south Vietnam, supported by United States forces, and North Vietnam communist. The war resulted in North Vietnamese victory and unification of Vietnam under communist rule. -
Hippy movement
A movement where hippies believed in harmony with nature, communal living, artistic expectation particularly in music, and the widespread use of recreational drugs. Hippies advocated nonviolence and love, A popular phrase being "make love, not war" for which sometimes they were called "flower children". -
JFK assassination
Kennedy was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while he was riding with his wife, Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife, Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
Black Panthers
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
The exchange of table tennis players between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon. -
HIV/AIDS
HIV stands for human Immunodeficiency virus. It is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS if not treated. HIV/AIDS is spread through blood, semen, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon’s administration’s attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the U.S. Congress, the Nixon administration’s resistance to its probes led to a constitutional crisis. -
John Lennon assassination
Lennon was shot by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. Lennon had just returned from Record Plant Studio with his wife, Yoko Ono. After sustaining four major gunshot wounds, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. -
Attempted assassination on Ronald Reagan
While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr.. Hinckley's motivation for the attack was to impress actress Jodie Foster, over whom he had developed an obsession after seeing her in the 1976 film Taxi Driver. -
Technological Advances
Microsoft introduces Windows 95, which gains immediate popularity and makes Windows the standard operating system for most PCs. Windows 98 is even more successful three years later.
