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The Beginging of the Cultural Deccade
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The Sixties
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Berlin Wall was built
The German Democratic Republic decided to build the barrier in order to divide Berlin into East and West Berlin along with divideing Germany in general into East and West. The wall seperated the communist East side from spreading to the West side, post WWII. -
Soviet Unions had built bases for IRBMs
The Soviets begin to build bases for intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Soon enough, all were removed by the US as part of a secret agreement with the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
"I Have A Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech during the March of Washington for Civil Rights and inspired many. It can be considered the turning point in the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
An organized march led by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations in order of protest for jobs and freedom. From the 200.000 to 300,000 protestors, the majoity were blacks who hoped to encourage the passing of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. -
JFK assassinated
The United States' 35th President was shot and killed by a fatal gun wound while traveling with his wife and the Texas governor. America was devistated. Perpetrator was Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Beatles become popular in US
A British rock band who began the rock era from Liverpool. When they came to America they brought ideals shared by the era's social-cultural revolutions. -
Civil Rights Act passes
This act outlawed discrimination of any kind, like blacks, the minorities, religion and even women. The Civil Rights Act did not allow any sorts of segregation in public areas and to regulate equality all around racially. -
Northeast Blackout
The Great Blackout was the first major power outage in America effecting Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey in the United states as well as parts of Canada causeing over 30million people out of power for a day. -
Mass Draft Protest
Americans had no desire to be drafted once again into war and at the time, the Vietnam War was on the burner. Antiwar movements were on the rise. -
National Organization for Women founded
An organization founded on behalf of women in order to diminish the descrimination against women and was the first founding and successful women's rights organization and it still around today. -
Thurgood Marshall- Supreme Court Justice
First African American Supreme Court Justice and had a major victory in the Brown vs. Board of Education case -
USS Pueblo Captured
The Navy intelligence vessel was survallencing the North Korean coast and it was intercepted by North Korean patrol boats. North Korea opened fire and with the crew on board knowing capture was inevitable, they stalled time and destroyed all classified information. -
MLK Jr. Assassinated
Prominent Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner was shot by James Earl Ray. He was a very influencial man and hero from the act of civil disobedience. -
USSR Venera 5
First sucessful planet landing for the United States landing on planet Venus. This marked the beginging of major space findings.
