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The Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQrrC0Jb7nIBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state sponsored segregation. 17, The Warren Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facililities are inherently unequal." -
Emmet Till's Murder
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. When he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam went to Till's great-uncle's house. They took Till away to a barn, where they beat him to death, shot him, and \dispoed of his body in a river. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycottThe Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955,when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person,to December 20, 1956. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by Britain and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations forced the three invaders to withdraw. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students 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. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into orbit. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. This surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. -
The Berlin Wall
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wallThe Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic. It completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, -
Cuban Missile Crisis
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisisThe Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide and was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.After a period of tense negotiations an agreement was reached between Kennedy and Khrushchev -
Assassination Of John F. Kennedy
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy/videos/john-f-kennedy-assassinatedJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, A ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. The United States House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Kennedy was “probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. -
Selma to Montgomery Maech
The first March from Selma to Montgomery was held on this day. Also known as Bloody Sunday. 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. -
Woodstock, 1969
It was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJP5svbymi0The U.S. got an invitation to play China at China and these were the first Americans to set foot in China since 1949. -
The Watergate Scandal
http://www.history.com/topics/watergateSeveral burglars were arrested inside the office of the Democratic National Committee. This was no ordinary robbery. The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documentation. -
End of Vietnam War
The war ends and the United States pulls out. -
Hiv-Aids
The first case of AIDS was found in San Francisco. -
New Technology
The World Wide Web or internet, which is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet, was created.
