-
Joseph McCarthy- McCarthyism
McCarthyism was an event that had people believing that,the people around them were communist like the Salem witch trials. -
The Korean war
It was a war between North and south korea.North Korea at a time was being supported by China and russia and south Korea was being supported by the United Nations. -
Malcolm x
After Malcolm X parole he went on to become the leader of the Nation of Islam.It's at that moment his name became Malcolm X. -
Brown V. Board of education
This event was United States Supreme court case that declared a Law. Which was that Black and White students going to seperate public schools was unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students That enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. -
Disney Land
Opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the only attraction on the property; its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. -
Emmett Till's Murder
14 year old Emmett Till was brutally murdered by white men while he was on his way to visit relative. he had an open casket funeral so people could see what those men did. -
Rosa Parks
She was an African American activist. United States congress called her ,The first lady of civil rights and The mother of the freedom movement. -
Vietnam War
thsis event was a cold war that took place in vietnam(Laos and Cambodia).The U,S. government got invloved in the war in order to prevent communism. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He led the Mongomery bus boycott which was meant to decrease the public bus flow of money they making from the people. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was drafted into the Army.He recieved while he was working on a movie called King-ceole. -
Jackie Robinson
Robinson never fought back, instead he let his play on the field speak for himself. He went through a lot of racims but that was a motivation that led him to be the great player he was. -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
He was shot in his presidencial car at Deasley Plaza in Dallas,Texas.He was immadiately taken to a hospital but the wounds was to severe. -
Civil Right
March from Selma to Montgomery was held on this day. Mostly known as "Bloody Sunday" when 600 marchers, protesting the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and ongoing exclusion from the electoral process, were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. -
Hippie Culture
They made their way to Northern California that year. The Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture. -
The space Race
The U.S. and Russia didnt like each other. So they try to reach the moon to nuke each other simply because they didn't like one another. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to 18, 1969. -
Kent State Shooting
Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of who suffered permanent paralysis. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
Break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. He later resign as the president of the United States before they fire him. -
Apple
Apple computer inc is officially created after the company is incorporated. Mike Markkula invests $92,000 in Apple, with intent to invest $250,000. -
Disco Music
On July 12, 1979, an anti-disco protest in Chicago called "Disco Demolition Night" had shown that an angry backlash against disco. Its culture had emerged in the United States throughout the 70s. -
Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents. -
HIV/AIDS
First case was found in San Francisco,Which started because of the Hippie Movement.
First person to die of AIDS was in New York. -
John Lennon's Murder
He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City. -
Assasination Attempt Of Ronald Reagan
It was the on his 69 days into presidency. While he was leaving a speaking engagement at the washignton Hilton Hotel in Washington,D.C. -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation. With a 2.4-meter mirror, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra. The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble. -
Gulf War
was a military response to Iraq’s invasion and subsequent annexation of Kuwait. Led by the United States, Coalition forces began a massive aerial campaign on January 17, 1991, followed by a ground offensive, and liberated Kuwait from the army of Saddam Hussein. -
Technological Advances
internet is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Which was made on this very day as a sign of accomplishment.
