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Korean War begins
North Korea, which was under communist power and was supported by China and the Soviet Union, invaded South Korea to gain more land and spread it's communism across the nation. The United States got involved in the War. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A United States Supreme Court case that declared that state laws that were created to separate public schools between black and white students was to be unconstitutional. African Americans fought for their education by attending at white schools. -
Emmett Till's Death
Emmett Till was a 14-year old boy that was murdered and thrown in a river after a woman claimed he howled and offended her at a grocery store. But later, she claims that all she said was false. https://www.biography.com/people/emmett-till-507515 -
Vietnam War begins
The Vietnam War, also known for being the Second Indochina War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The United States wanted to get involved since they didn't want Vietnam to be a full communist country from the North. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVKd-x5QVc -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an activist in the civil rights movement, but is best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, this was started when she refuse to give her seat up for a white man on the bus, she was later arrested for this. https://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715 -
Elvis Presley was drafted in the army
Famous musician, Elvis Presley, was drafted in the army on this date and served from 1958 to March 1960 -
Berlin Wall is made
During the Cold War, West Berlin was a loophole for many East Germans because they can flee to the Democratic West. So in response, the Communist East German authorities built this wall that circled around West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight and blocked off any escaping Germans from the east. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States since the Soviet Union was caught with missiles to protect Fidel Castro, but the US had missiles in Italy and Turkey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbKCyQn5oTc -
John F. Kennedy is assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was shot twice, once in the chest and another in the head, while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas. He was later announced died. -
''Bloody Sunday"
A march was held by the Civil Rights Movement since discrimination was still happening down South, around 600 people took part in the march from Selma, Alabama to the capital, Montgomery. When the protesters reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, state and local lawmen attacked them with billy clubs and tear gas and they were forced back into Selma. https://www.history.com/news/selmas-bloody-sunday-50-years-ago -
Watergate Scandal
This was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon was impeached. https://www.britannica.com/event/Watergate-Scandal -
Vietnam War ends
The United States pull out of the Vietnam War and leave it to South Vietnam to fight the communism from the North
