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AFL-CIO
The two largest American labor unions, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, merge to form the AFL-CIO -
Explorer I
The first U.S. space satellite -
Alaska
Alaska became the 49th state -
U.S. president
John F. Kennedy became the president -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin became the first men get into space -
Lt. Colonel John Glenn
Lt. Colonel John Glenn becomes the first U.S. astronaut -
The Cuban Missile Crises
The Cuban Missile Crises begins -
U.S. president
Lyndon B. Johnson became the president after Kennedy was assassinated -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King speaks at a civil rights rally on the courthouse steps of the Alabama State Capitol -
U.S. president
Richard Nixon became the president -
Land on Moon
Neil Armstrong became the first man land on the moon -
To China
Richard M. Nixon went to Beijing, began the process for normalization of relations with China. -
U.S. president
Gerald Ford became the president -
The Watergate
The Watergate cover-up trials of Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman are completed; all are found guilty of the charges
