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cold war
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. -
mccarthyism
McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise in national profile on February 9, 1950, when he gave a Lincoln Day speech to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia. -
the korean
was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force -
brown vs. board of education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutiona -
disneyland
Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. -
the space race
competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union -
Rosa parks
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
southern christian leadership
following the Montgomery Bus Boycott victory and consultations with Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, and others, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. invited about 60 black ministers and leaders to Ebenezer Church in Atlanta. -
little rock nine
the first day of school at Central High, a white mob gathered in front of the school, and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the black students from entering. -
cold war ends
The 1960 U-2 incident happened during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. -
wilt chamberlain's 100-point
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. -
MLK JR.i had adream speach
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. -
nike brand
was founded by University of Oregon track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. -
civil rights act of
is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
the vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Photo taken from USS Maddox during the incident, showing three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats. -
vietnam war projects
The U.S. began bombing North Vietnam in March in Operation Rolling Thunder. -
assassination of robert f.kennedy
The assassination of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, during the campaign season for the United States Presidential election, 1968. -
first men on the moon
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. -
jackson 5/jackson mania
Decline and exit; 1.4 The Jacksons ... the Jacksons to Detroit to help with their Motown audition, which was set for July 23 at ... In January 1970, "I Want You Back" topped the Billboard Hot 100 -
ping pong diplomacy
The U.S. Table Tennis team was in Nagoya, Japan in 1971 for the 31st World Table Tennis Championships on April 6 when they received an invitation to visit -
amendment
The Twenty-sixth Amendment was proposed on March 23, 1971, and ratified on July 1, 1971 -
watergate scandal
The affair began with the arrest of five men for breaking and entering into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. -
panama canal
On September 7, 1977, the treaty was signed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter and Omar Torrijos, de facto leader of Panama -
reaganomics
Niskanen, one of the architects of Reaganomics, "Reagan ... The misery index, defined as the inflation rate added to the unemployment rate, -
death of john lennon
- He was shot by Mark David Chapman in the archway of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City on Monday, 8 December 1980.
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HIV/Aids
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revise the AIDS case definition to note that AIDS is caused by a newly identified virus and issue provisional guidelines for blood screening. -
dragonball
Dragon Ball was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 20, 1984 to May 23, 1995, when Toriyama grew exhausted and felt he needed a break from drawing. -
shuttle challenge
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger -
george h.w.bush
On January 20, 1989, former Vice President George H. W. Bush took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 41st president of the United States. -
hubble space telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation.
