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| 3 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 4 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 5 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 7 |
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. |
| 8 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 10 |
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. |
| 13 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 13 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 15 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 15 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 16 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 18 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 19 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 20 |
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. |
| 22 |
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. |
| 23 |
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. |
| 24 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 24 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 25 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 26 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 27 |
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 |
| 28 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 30 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| 30 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| 32 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| 34 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
| 34 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
| 37 |
1984 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft. |
| 39 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
| 40 |
1987 |
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. |
| 42 |
1989 |
An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth |
| 42 |
1989 |
The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany |
| 42 |
1989 |
George Bush is elected president. (Republican) |
| 43 |
1990 |
Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. |
| 43 |
1990 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. |
| 45 |
1992 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed. |
| 45 |
1992 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets". |
| 46 |
1993 |
Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat) |
| 46 |
1993 |
South Africa accepts racial equality. |
| 47 |
1994 |
O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch. |
| 47 |
1994 |
The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter |
| 49 |
1996 |
Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection |
| 50 |
1997 |
First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet. |
| 50 |
1997 |
A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history. |
| 51 |
1998 |
Construction begins on the International Space Station. |
| 52 |
1999 |
United States budget goes into surplus. |
| 52 |
1999 |
Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained. |
| 53 |
2000 |
Successful cloning of animals begins in the early 2000s. |
| 53 |
2000 |
China begins to emerge as an economic giant. |
| 54 |
2001 |
NEWS HEADLINES: September 11 -- (9 11) -- The World Trade Towers are hit by terrorist flying commercial planes full of passengers. |
| 54 |
2001 |
George W. Bush is elected president. He is the son of George Bush who served as president from 1989-1993. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
| 54 |
2001 |
Taliban is removed. |
| 56 |
2003 |
The Iraq War begins. |
| 57 |
2004 |
National Museum of the American Indian is established in Washington DC. |
| 58 |
2005 |
United States labor is squeezed by global forces and the United States economy continues to decline. |
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