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Joyce Ramsey's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Joyce, her family, and friends. For example, Joyce is 1 years old when Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 4 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 5 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 9 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 10 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 15 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 18 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 20 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 23 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 29 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 32 |
1974 |
Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright |
| 33 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 37 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 8 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 13 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 18 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 21 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 27 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
| 28 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
| 35 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 1 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
| 2 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 3 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 12 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
| 20 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 24 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 25 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
| 29 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 30 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 31 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 35 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 3 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
