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1950-1990
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Joseph McCarthy -- McCarthyism
Claiming he had a list of 205 people in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party. Relentlessly questioning numerous government departments and the panic arising from the witch-hunts and fear of communism became know as McCarthyism. -
Korean War
President Truman, without the approval of Congress, commits American troops to battle. Armistice agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. -
Twenty-Second Amendment
The Constitution is ratified, limiting the president to two terms. -
Espionage
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secret information about U.S. atomic weaponry to the Soviets. -
rock and roll music
rock and roll appeared and revolutioned musical tastes, at least among young people, and pretty much changed the world. this was very popular in the 50s. -
civil right movement
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the colored section of a bus to a white passenger, defying a southern custom of the time. -
Little Rock 9
President sends federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., to enforce integration of black students. -
Explorer I
first American satellite, is launched. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy denounces Soviet Union for secretly installing missile bases on Cuba and initiates a naval blockade of the island. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech before a crowd of 200,000 during the civil rights march on Washington, DC. Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968. -
Assassination of President Kennedy.
President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed as his motorcade drives through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy's suspected assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was believed to have used a mail-order rifle in order to shoot the president from the sixth story window of the Texas School Book Depository. -
NIKE
The company was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight,and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1978. The company takes its name from Nike the Greek goddess of victory. -
vietnam war
North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly attack U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution. First U.S. combat troops arrive in South Vietnam on March 8. Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam onMarch 29. South Vietnamese government surrenders to North Vietnam on April 30, 1975. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is shot to death. It is believed the assailants are members of the Black Muslim faith, which Malcolm had recently abandoned in favor of orthodox Islam. -
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Moments after declaring victory in the California Democratic primary. Escorted through a kitchen pantry in the Ambassador Hotel, RFK was assailed by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan firing a .22 pistol. Kennedy was shot multiple times, which he died the following day. -
Space Race
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., become the first men to land on the Moon. -
Watergate Scandal
Five men, all employees of Nixon's reelection campaign, are caught breaking into rival Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. -
Jimmy Carter/ Iran Hostage Crisis
A group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this action was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, a pro-Western autocrat who had been expelled from his country some months before, to come to the United States for cancer treatment. -
HIV/AIDS
the first cases of AIDS were identified among gay men in the United States.As is often the case with microbes, a jump from one species to another is probably to blame chimpanzees -
Terrorist Bombing Of The Marines Barracks Beirut Lebanon
the driver slammed the truck, which filled with 12,000 pounds of dynamite, into the building. The explosion was heard throughout Beirut. It killed 241 Marines. -
Persian Gulf War
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait.
