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President Truman speaks in first coast-to-coast live television broadcast.
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A mixed-race group of volunteers sponsored by the Committee on Racial Equality—the so-called Freedom Riders—travel on buses through the South in order to protest racially segregated interstate bus facilities.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.
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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
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Charlotte goes on a blind date and meets her husband
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Four students are shot to death by National Guardsmen during an antiwar protest at Kent State University.
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Charlotte gets married to Ronald Tustin Sr.
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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
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Charlotte has Ronald Tustin
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Charlotte has Laura Casto.
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Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president.
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
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Charlotte's First Job at Value City.
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Charlotte's Father, Lester dies.
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Bomb explodes in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6, injuring 1,000, and causing more than $500 million in damage.
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U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam
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Budget standoff between President Clinton and Congress results in partial shutdown of U.S. government
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The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush.
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The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft, some 7.5 billion miles from Earth.
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President Bush signs $350 billion tax-cut bill.
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Four hurricanes devastate Florida and other parts of the southern United States
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Eleven American states ban gay marriage.
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The minimum wage in the U.S. increases to $5.85, up from $5.15. It's the first increase in 10 years. The wage will increase 70 cents each year through 2009, when it reaches $7.25 an hour.
