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Korean war
Korean War, was between Republic of North and South Korea In which at least 2.5 million peoplelost their lives. The war reached international proportions in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviet Union, invaded the South
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam.
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Integration of schools
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, nine African American students—Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls—attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students were known as Little rock nine.
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March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.The event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. The march became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spiritd call for racial justice and equality. -
John F. Kennedy assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p.m Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas while riding in a "motorcade" in a local Plaza. 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 president "Motorcade". -
Black panthers
The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they played a short but important part in the civil rights movement. The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent protest introduced by Martin Luther King had failed and any promised changes to their lifestyle would take too long to be implemented or simply not introduced without violence -
Nixon invades Cambodia
April 30th of 1970, President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops, accompanied by the South Vietnamese People's Army, were to invade Cambodia. The invasion was under the pretext of disrupting the North Vietnamese supply lines. They also invaded in order to bomb and destroy important camps. Although Nixon officially declared the invasion in April, there had been air raids in Cambodia for the past year, without the American Citizens knowing. -
George Wallace (assassination attempt)
During an outdoor rally in Laurel, Maryland, George Wallace, the governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate, was shot by 21-year-old Arthur Bremer. Three others were wounded, and Wallace was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The next day, while fighting for his life in a hospital, he won major primary victories in Michigan and Maryland. However, Wallace remained in the hospital for several months, bringing his third presidential campaign to an end. -
Indira ghandi
Indira Ghandi was re-elected. – Indira Gandhi, the only woman to ever be able to hold the office of Prime Minister of India. She won a second term in a landslide victory in March 1971. She would've been re elected to a fourth term in 1980. Due to her fatal assassination by her guards she wasn't eligible. -
John Lennon assassination
John Lennon was a member of the Beatles.He was one of the most popular and famous music legends of all time. He died on December 8, 1980. This was after being shot four times by a physcotic fan in the carriageway of his New York City apartment building. -
Ronald raegan second term
Ronald raegan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader. He was raised in a poor family and did well as a president. -
Hubble space telescope
On April 24 1990 the Hubble space telescope was launched. It made an impact on NASA and the usa. It was created for a closer look at space. Not only did it serve its purpose, it furthered research. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/hubble-sci
