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Vietnam War 1955-1975
The Vietnam War was fought between communist North Vietnam and Southern Vietnam. The North was supported by communist countries such as the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The South was supported by anti-communist countries, such as the US. -
University of Alabama is Desegregated
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. https://youtu.be/4WbLGlIzW88 -
JFK Assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, struck by two bullets one in the head, one in the neck while riding in a convertible throughout Dallas, TX
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Black Panther Party
African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panther purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
Robert Kennedy's Assassination
On June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election, and died the next day while hospitalized. -
Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon 1969
The Apollo 11 mission occurred eight years after President John Kennedy announced a national goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s.
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Protest in Washington, DC
In Washington, D.C. nearly 100,000 people gather to protest the American war effort in Vietnam. More than 50,000 of the protesters marched to the Pentagon to ask for an end to the conflict. The protest was the most important sign of wanting U.S. support for President Lyndon Johnson’s war in Vietnam.
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Watergate Scandal
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. -
President Nixon finally Resigns
President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and people had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. While historians are not sure whether Nixon knew about the Watergate espionage operation before it happened, he tried to cover it up afterwards, raising “hush money” for the burglars, trying to stop the FBI from investigating the crime, destroying evidence and firing uncooperative staff members. -
Hurricane Carman Attacks
Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August. https://youtu.be/OWIeQKexy84 -
Apple's way to the top
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in January 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc. in January 2007. -
HIV and AIDS Outbreak
The CDC published a Mortality Weekly Report describing cases of a rare lung disease in five gay men in Los Angeles. All the men have other unusual infections as well, indicating that their immune systems are not working; two have already died by the time the report is published. This edition of the MMWR marks the first official reporting of what will become known as the HIV and AIDS outbreak.
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