~ 54 Events that intersected my life ~
| 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 |
Jimmy |
| 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 
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| 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. |
| 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 |
Remembering my Presidents
~ Truman to G.W. Bush ~