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The Doolittle Raid
The United States leads its first air raid attack on the Japanese main islands during April in World War II -
The Death of President Roosevelt
Truman becomes US President following the death of President Roosevelt. -
The Postwar Booms
Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things about the 1950's the booming economy, the booming suburbs and most of all the so-called “baby boom.” This boom began in 1946, when a record number of babies–3.4 million–were born in the United States. -
The Inauguration
Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as the United States president. -
Rock and Roll
Rock and Roll music popularity increases featuring Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry and The Platters. -
The 60's A Radical
Just as black power became the new focus of the civil rights movement in the mid-1960's, other groups were growing similarly impatient with incremental reforms. Student activists grew more radical. -
President Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon orders an invasion of Cambodia, widening the war in Vietnam. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon, resulting in mass evacuations of Americans and South Vietnamese. -
Major News Stories
John Lennon shot and killed in New York -
Rioting
Rioting UK. Rioting breaks out at housing estates in Brixton, London and Liverpool. -
Space
Hubble Space Telescope launched during STS-31 -
Oklahoma Bombing
Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. -
9/11
Almost 3,000 people are killed in four suicide attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attack launches the global War on Terrorism.