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Emmett Till Murdered
After a white woman accused him of making inappropriate comments to her at her family's grocery store, Emmett Till was dragged from his family members house in the middle of the night. His body was later found mutilated. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. While not the first black who had done this, activists rallied around Parks and used her story to help their cause. -
Sputnik 1
The Soviets send Sputnik 1, the world's first man made satellite into orbit. -
Luna 2
The Soviet's Luna 2 capsule became the first human-made object to touch the moon. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, was assassinated at his home in Jackson MS. -
I Have a Dream
Civil Rights Leader, Martin Luther King Jr gave his now famous, I Have a Dream speech on the steps to the Lincoln Memorial. -
JFK Assassinated
President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas TX. -
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the moon. This fulfilled JFK's promise to have a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
Tate-Labianca Murders
On August 9 and 10, 1969, followers of Charles Manson murdered 8 people in an attempt to start a race war. They attempted to make the murders appear to be committed by members of the Black Panther party. -
First Earth Day
The first ever Earth Day was celebrated to attempt to make American's more aware of things they could do to protect the Earth