1. | October 4, 1957 ... Sputnik launched by Soviets | Ike | |
2. | April 25, 1959 ... Alaska and Hawaii become states | ||
3. | August 12,1959 ... Black students integrate Little Rock school | ||
4. | May 26, 1960 ... U-2 spy plane shot down over Russia | ||
5. | February 20, 1962 ... John Glenn orbits earth | Jack | |
6. | October 22, 1962 ... Cuban Missle Crisis | ||
7. | November 22, 1963 ... President Kennedy assassinated | ||
8. | November 24, 1963 ... Lee Harvey Oswald killed | LBJ | |
9. | January 20, 1964 ... Beatles arrive in America | ||
10. | July 1, 1965 ... Riots break out in Watts | ||
11. | June 28, 1966 ... Israel wages war against Arabs | ||
12. | March 31, 1968 ... President Johnson declines re-election bid | ||
13. | April 4, 1968 ... Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated | ||
14. | June 4, 1968 ... Robert Kennedy Assassinated | ||
15. | July 20, 1969 ... Apollo 13: Man walks on the moon | Tricky Dick | |
16. | August 17,1969 ... Thousands celebrate at Woodstock festival | ||
17. | May 4, 1970 ... Kent State Massacre | ||
18. | January 27, 1973 ... U.S. ends war in Viet Nam | ||
19. | October 6, 1973 ... Agnew resigns as Vice President | ||
20. | February 5, 1974 ... Patty Hearst kidnapped | ||
21. | August 8, 1974 ... Nixon resigns | ||
22. | April 30, 1975 ... Saigon falls | Gerry | |
23. | July 4, 1976 ... Nation celebrates bi-centennial | ||
24. | August 16, 1978 ... John Paul named 1st Polish Pope |
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25. | September 17, 1978 ... Massacre at Jonestown | ||
26. | November 4, 1979 ... Iran hostage crisis begins | ||
27. | May 18, 1980 ... Mount Saint Helens explodes | ||
28. | December 8, 1980 ... John Lennon killed | ||
29. | March 30, 1981 ... President Reagan shot | Ronnie | |
30. | January 28, 1986 ... The Challenger explodes | ||
31. | October 10, 1989 ... Earthquake rocks San Francisco | George the 1st | |
32. | November 9, 1989 ... Berlin wall crumbles | ||
33. | January 29, 1991 ... Desert Storm begins | ||
34. | April 29, 1992 ... Rodney King verdict incites Riots | ||
35. | April 19, 1993 ... Waco standoff ends in disaster | Bill | |
36. | June 19, 1994 ... O.J. Simpson saga begins | ||
37. | April 19, 1995 ... Oklahoma City bombing | ||
38. | August 31, 1997 ... Princess Diana dies | ||
39. | August 7, 1998 ... Bill Clinton admits affair with Monica | ||
40. | February 7, 1999 ... Clinton is impeached, but not removed | ||
41. | January 1, 2000 ... Y2K goes bust | ||
42. | December 12, 2000 ... Al Gore concedes election | ||
43. | September 11, 2001 ..Terror Strikes USA | George W. |
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44. | October 14, 2001 ... U.S. attacks Taliban | ||
45. | October 16, 2001 ... Anthrax scare widens | ||
46. | February 1, 2003 ... Space Shuttle Columbia is lost on | ||
47. | March 19, 2003 ... War against Saddam in Iraq | ||
48. | October 7, 2003 ... California Recall Election | ||
49. | May 17, 2004 ... Same-sex Marriage legal in USA | ||
50. | November 2, 2004 ... Bush defeat Kerry in election of a lifetime | ||
51. | April 2-19, 2005 ... Pope Benedict XVI replaces JPII | ||
52. | September 1, 2005 ... Hurricane Katrina smashes New Orleans | ||
53. | November 7, 2006 ... Democrats take over Congress | ||
54. | April 16, 2007 ... Massacre at Virginia Tech |