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US GRANTS INDEPENDENCE TO THE PHILIPPINES
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POSTWAR/POSTMODERNISM 1945-PRESENT
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ARTHUR MILLER'S DEATH OF A SALESMAN IS FIRST PRODUCED
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RALPH ELLISON PUBLISHES INVISIBLE MAN
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SUPREME COURT RULES PUBLIC SCHOOL SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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FLANNERY O'CONNOR PUBLISHES A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
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ALASKA AND HAWAII ADMITTED TO UNION TO BECOME THE 49TH AND 50TH STATE OF THE US
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JOSEPH HELLER PUBLISHES CATCH-22
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RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING SPURS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT
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J.F.K. ASSASINATED IN DALLAS
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SYLVIA PLATH PUBLISHES ARIEL, HER LAST COLLECTION OF POEMS
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS MURDERED IN MEMPHIS
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ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES FIRST MAN TO WALK ON MOON
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PEACE PACT SIGNED
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RONALD REAGON ELECTED PRESIDENT
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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON D.C.
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INF TREATY SIGNED BETWEEN US AND SOVIET UNION BANNING SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE NUCLEAR MISSILES
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GEORGE BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT
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CONGRESS PASSES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
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BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT
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TONI MORRISON WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
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ANY TAN PUBLISHES THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES
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SUMMER OLYPIC GAMES HELD IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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FRANK MCCOURT RECEIVES PULITZER PRIZE
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GEORGE W. BUSH DEFEATS AL GORE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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WRITER EUDORA WELTY DIES
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ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 HIJACKED PLANES CRASH INTO 3 SITES IN THE US
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GEORGE W. BUSH REELECTED
