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"Rock Around the Clock" got released
"Rock Around the Clock" is a hit single released by Bill Haley & His Comets in May, spurring worldwide interest in rock and roll music. -
Budapest is the capital city of Hungary
and site of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution -
Lebanon is engulfed in a political and a religious crisis
Lebanon is engulfed in a political and religious crisis that eventually involves U.S. intervention -
Space Monkey
Space Monkey: Able and Miss Baker return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18 -
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in election
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election -
Ernest Hemingway commits suicide
Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression -
President John F. Kennedy was assinated
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas -
Riard Nixon back again
Richard Nixon back again: Former Vice President Nixon is elected President in 1968 -
Apollo 11 Moonshot
Moonshot: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon. -
Russians in Afghanistan
Russians in Afghanistan: Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989
