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Elvis comes out with his famous dance
Elvis had always been a popular young man due to his good looks and great voice. But he had more to offer, "The King" broke hearts with his pelvic thrusting dance move. This made the ladies fall 10x harder for him. -
Racial integration
In the movie Forrest witnesses the racial separation at the university of Alabama. During this time blacks were not treated fairly and had very little privileges. Blacks could not even use the same bathrooms as whites. -
JFK Assasination
On November 22nd 1963, John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were traveling to Dallas texas for his next campaign. Unexpectedly Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy two times and seriously injured another government official in the car with Kennedy. Oswald was arrested a couple hours after the murder. -
Vietnam War
A war against the communist North Vietnam and its southern allies. There were many protests back in America against the war. North Vietnam took the victory and inforced communist government in south Vietnam -
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
On June 5th, 1968 Robert Kennedy was assassinated at the ambassador hotel in Los Angelos. Kennedy had just won the California presidential primary. Kennedy was shot by a palestine named Sirhan Sirhan. -
Abbey Hoffman and Vietnam Protest
During the Vietnam war Abbie was an anti-war activist. Abbie made activist look fun and cool so a whole lot of people followed him. Abbie's career was over when he was arrested for cocaine -
U.S. Lands on the Moon
On July 20th, 1969 the US landed the Apollo 11 on the moon. On Board was Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins. This is where the famous quote "one small step for man one giant leap for mankind" -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
The Ping Pong Diplomacy paved a way for the relations between China and the US. The US competed in the Chinese olympics in 1971. -
Watergate Break In
In the early morning of June 17th 1972, several burgulars were arrested for breaking into the Watergate office. They were trying to wire tap the phones in the DNC office. This scandal compromised President Nixons reection campaign and forced him to resign. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was named the most intense tropical storm of 1974. The hurricane forced millions of people to evacuate. Carmen also killed 8 people -
Attempt Assassination on Ronald Reagan
On March 30th 1981, John Hinckely Jr. attempted to assassinate Reagan by shooting him in the chest. Reagan was just resting outside of his hotel room after addressing a nee work order -
HIV/AIDS Outbreak
AIDS started out as a mysterious epidmic that resulted in death and fear. Nobody knew what was wrong or how to cure it so it was basically a death wish. Many people thought that only gay men could get aids so it was very frowned upon.
