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Rise of Rock n Roll and Elvis Presley
With society trying to be very vanilla and conformed Rock n Roll was the outlet for the rebellious youth. People like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry mixed electric Blues with folk while upping the speed.
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Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 which resulted in Cooper v. Aaron of '58
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Blocking of School Door by George Wallace
George Wallace who vowed "Segregation Forever" was blocking the door to admission to University of Alabama after Brown v. BOE was passed. This caused him to become a popular controversial figure in America -
Black Panther Party Formed
Merritt Junior College students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense on October 15, 1966 after Malcolm X was assassinated -
Sesame Street Airs for first time
goal of using television to educate children. With its inner city setting and use of non-white performers, Sesame Street, which began airing on public television on November 10, 1969, looked different than other kids shows
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The Popularization of Disco
Disco was born on Valentine's Day 1970, when David Manusco opened The Loft in New York City. This created a new hub of social gathering and new form of music that blacks and whites could get down too -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
players between the United States (US) and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s, that began during the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan to show that progress was being made to strengthen relations -
Watergate Break In
a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972. This caused a two year impeachment process on Nixon who would later resign and eventually be pardoned -
Last Moon Landing
December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 touched down on the Moon. This was not only our final Moon landing, but the last time we left low Earth orbit. This proved to be the end of a generation of exploration and interest in beating soviets
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Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive storm with widespread impacts that destroyed Louisiana and surrounding area -
President Ford Attempted Assassination
The Sacramento assassination attempt was the first assassination attempt against Ford during his presidency. The president was able to make it through his presidency relatively unharmed but not without many close calls
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John Lennon Shot
On the evening of 8 December 1980, the English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and killed in the archway of the Dakota, his residence in New York City. This caused a huge movement all over the world to mourn for one person which had rarely been seen -
Reagan Attempted Assassination
President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel. When Reagan arrived at the hospital he is reported as jokingly asking if the doctors were republican
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