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 ![]() |
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 |