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G.I. Bill is enacted
This is a law that allowed WW II vets with benefits, including lower mortgage, unemployment compensation, cash payment on tuition ,etc ... The program was a succes with more than 2 million vets using the bill. -
Brown vs. Board of Education ruling is issued
The Supreme Court declares state laws of seperation of public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. This led to an integration of black and white students at shcool, leading to the end of "seperate but equal". This was a grand victory for the Civil Rights movements -
Polio vaccine widely available
This vaccine was created and introduced by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. The vaccine was a global succes and drastically reduced Polio from 350,00 to 1,652 in 2007 -
Montomery Bus boycott begins
This boycott lasted 13 long months. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and focused much of the worlds attention on Montgomery. The boycott ended with segregation on buses -
Suez Canal Crisis
This Canal is vital to nearly the entire world. France and Britain wanted to have control over this canal. The United Nations brought in reenforcements to clear the situation. The nations came to an agreement to allow all vessesls pass -
USSR launches Sputnik
This was the Soviet Unions first tiny satellite to orbit earth. The United States feared this and 3 months later had launched thier first satellite, Explorer I. Triggering the "Great Space Race". -
U-2 Spy Plane shot down
A spyplane for the United States was shot down and the pilot held hostage. The pilot was then released in exchange for a soviet spy held by the U.S -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was a mission to train anti Castro supporters and a small army to overthrow castro -
Construction of Berlin Wall
Communist in Germany begin to construct the Berlin Wall in order ot keep refugees from leaving -
Silent Spring is published
The book documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds -
Cuban Missle Crisis
U.S. spy planes caught evidence of nuclear missle structures. Kenndey orderded blockage of military supply. -
Feminine Mystique is Published
It discusses the lives of several housewives from around the United States who were unhappy despite living in material comfort and being married with children. -
Kennedy Assassinated
Kenndy is assassinated in Dallas while in a parade. -
Civil Rights Bill of 1964 passed
It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Congress Pases Gulf of Tulkin Resolution
The resolution marked the beginning of an expanded military role for the United States in the Cold War battlefields of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Malcom X is Assassinated
a man seated in the front row rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.[159][160] Two other men charged the stage and fired semi-automatic handguns, hitting Malcolm X several times. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm -
Tet Offensive begins
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprising attacks. -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. -
National Guard Troops kill student protesters at Kent State
Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced in a television address on April 30 -
Nixon visits China and the Soviet Union
It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, which at that time considered the U.S. one of its staunchest foes, and the visit ended 25 years of separation between the two sides -
Watergate burglars are arrested
The Watergate burglaries, which took place May 28 and June 17, 1972, were the focus of the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's resignation two years later. -
Last U.S. Troops leave Vietnam
The last American combat soldiers leave South Vietnam, though military advisors and Marines, who are protecting U.S. installations, remain. -
Senate Watergate investigation begins
Nixon's position was becoming increasingly precarious. On February 6, 1974, the House of Representatives approved H.Res. 803 giving the Judiciary Committee authority to investigate impeachment of the President -
Roe vs. Wade decision issued
due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health -
Nixon resigns
Nixon stated that he was resigning for the good of the country and asked the nation to support the new president, Gerald Ford. -
Nuclear Accident at 3 mile island
The partial meltdown resulted in the release of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
in late December 1979 by troops from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist -
Apple introduces mouse and on-screen icons
Apple introduces it first mouse and icons to the world -
Reagan announces the Star Wars Program
President Ronald Reagan announces his plans to develop an anti-missile capability to counter the threat of Soviet ballistic missiles and to make these nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was named the new leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev represented a younger generations of Soviet leaders -
Tienanmen Square
It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history. -
World Wide Web is developed in Switzerland
The internet is introduced to the world. It allows you to see whatever was available online at the moment -
Berlin Wall Falls
There had been signs that the Communist bloc was weakening, but the East German Communist leaders insisted that East Germany just needed a moderate change rather than a drastic revolution -
Germany Reunites
All of Germany became a union again, -
Soviet Union Dissolves
This declaration acknowledged the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union that subsequently created the Commonwealth of Independent States -
NAFTA founded
launched to reduce trading costs, increase business investment, and help North America be more competitive in the global marketplace. -
Clinton Impeached
He was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998. Two other impeachment articles, a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power, failed in the House -
Florida causes a contested presidential election
With Gore and Bush running for president, Florida had a confusion of votes for Bush -
Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon
Were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area on September 11, 2001. -
U.S. invades Iraq
This lasted from 19 March 2003 to 1 May 2003, and signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States