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Updated: 28 Feb 2018
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Created byAlexis Romero binuelo
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John Kennedy elected PresidentSit-Ins beginStudent for a Democratic Society formedStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee createdFreedom RidesBays of Pig InvasionConstruction of Berlin WallFirst American travels in space.James Meredith enters University of MississippiSDS issues Port Huron StatementSilent Spring publishedCuban Missile CrisisThe Other America publishedSouth Vietnam falls to North Vietnam, ending the Vietnam WarRoe v. WadeVietnam cease-fire announced; American troops leave VietnamNixon re-electedPentagon PapersKillings at Kent State, Jackson State.U.S invades CambodiaWoodstock Music FestivalMLK assassinatedRobert KennedyProtests in Columbia UniversityBattle between police and protesters at the DNCRichard Nixon elected PresidentAmerican Indian Movement foundedTet OffensiveMy Lai MassacreStokely Carmichael calls for "Black Power"Formation of Black PanthersFormation of NOWJFK assassinated; Johnson takes seatCivil Rights march on WashingtonThe Feminine Mystique publishedPresident Diem assassinated in South VietnamBeginning of Johnson's War on Poverty programsCivil Rights Act enactedFree Speech Movement at Berkeley beginsTonkin Golf ResolutionJohnson re-electedVoting Rights Act passedMalcom X assassinatedJohnson sends more troops to VietnamElementary and Secondary Education Act passedWatts riots burn sections of Los Angeles
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