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End of school segregation
In the year of 1950's schools were being segregated, but it all ended in the year of 1954 when the Supreme ruled in a case know as the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
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Elvis Presley "The King of Rock"
In a tv ahow called the Louisiana Hayride was Elvis Presley first ever appearance. If you don't know who Elvis Presley is, he's known as "The King of Rock". Some songs that people recognize are Hound Dog, Can't help falling in love with you, and other song. Not only was he a singer and dancer but he was also an actor in some movies and was also drafted in the army in the years 1958- 1960
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Vietnam War
It all started when the North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnamese to spread Communism. Then America got invaded to continue with containment, John F. Kennedy had to sent 400 Green Beret in the year 1963. This cost the life of 58,000 U.S soldiers and 350,000 were wounded -
Baby Boom(Generation X) 1960's
This all started in the mid 1960's and ended in the from the late 1970's to the early 1980's, all because of reduced Adult Supervision and increasing increasing divorce, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
On September 22, 1962 the U.S intelligence have discovered that the Russians were building nuclear missiles in Cuba, all to protect Fidel Castro just in case of another invasion -
JFK Assassination
In 1963 President John F. Kennedy was on his way to his next Presidential campaign but he was killed in his Motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas. This was a big deal because he's the one that would Desegregate schools and also started the Civil Right Act which wasn't passed.
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Black Panthers
Black Panthers was an Organization that was against having African American in the Vietnam War and also on patrol for those who are being mistreated by police, and also police brutality. It was around until the 1982 -
Space Race Moon Landing
In the year of 1969 the United States and the Soviet Union both were involved in a space race to see which country would the first one in space and to land on the moon. Luckily we were the first one to go space and land on the moon. The first Americans to be on the moon were Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins with their space craft the Apollo 11.
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President Gerald Ford attempted Assassination
On September 5, 1975 President Gerald Ford was in Sacramento California, a women named Lynett "Squeaky" Frome tried to assassinate Ford, but missed and was put into jail for life but was released due to parol in 2007. Then in September 22 1975 another women name Sarah Jane Moore tried to assassinate President Ford but failed. President Ford is one lucky President.
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The beginning of Apple
In the year 1976 Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Their first invention was an Apple Computer called Apple 1 and tried to sell their invention for $500. You can tell what happens next if you ask Siri. -
President Jimmy Carter: Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979 a group of Iranian students trespassed the U.S Embassy in Tehran, and took more than 60 American as Hostages, some were part of the medical care. In the year 1981 they would be free, right after President Reagan delivered his speech about the Iran Hostage Crisis -
Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
In the year 1986, 7 Astronauts with different backgrounds and also a different diversity were going to go to space. What was special about this trip to space was that the 7 Astronauts were just normal people, they weren't genuises, they were just normal people. Sadly when they took off to go to space an explosion happened to the Space ship which took the lives of the 7 Astronauts.
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