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Suez Crisis
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Space Race
Competition between the USSR and USA. It was for supremacy in spaceflight capability. Ends in 1975. -
Berlin Wall
Concrete barrier. It divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Destroyed by the people of Berlin in 1989. -
Integration in University Of Alabama
There was a stand outside the Foster Auditorium. Cause by the Brown vs Board of education. The governor blocked the doors to the enrollment station.
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Assassination of JFK
Assassinated at 12:30 in Dallas Texas. He was in a presidential motorcade with his wife. Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who killed him. -
Watergate Scandal
President NIxon personally hired people for this scandal. They broke into the Watergate hotel to find information about the opp party. They were caught and nixon was forced to resign.
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US pulls out of Vietnam war
Two months after signing the peace treaty the US pulls out of the war. Hanoi frees the American prisoners.After many years, a lot of Americans were against the VIetnam war.
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HIV/AIDS
In San Francisco a resident named Ken Horne went to the disease center. They thought it was a different disease, but later found out that it was aids. He was the first case of aids. -
Assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan and three others got shot in march. John Hinckley Jr was the shooter. This happened in Washington DC.
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Internet was made
There were two inventors. Their names were Robert E Kahn and Vint Cerf. This has a big impact on today's world.
