• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1965 - USA enters Vietnam War

  American combat troops arrive on the ground, escalating a conflict that had been building for decades. America stepped onto the “slippery slope” on a quiet stretch of beach…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1964 - Beatlemania

  The British chart topping band embarked on a world tour that saw their celebrity status shoot into the stratosphere, attracting massive crowds of screaming fans wherever they…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1963 - Civil Rights Movement

  A pivotal year in the campaign for black rights, which saw hundreds of thousands take part in the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King, as well as acts of violence…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

  A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear-tipped missiles based on Cuba was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1961 - construction of Berlin Wall begins

  East German authorities begin building the Berlin Wall to permanently close off access to the West

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1960 - Ruby Bridges goes to school

  As the first black student to attend an all-white school, 6 year old Ruby Bridges is escorted by US Marshalls during her first year at William Frantz Elementary in…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1959 - Cuban Revolution

  After years of fighting in the mountains, Fidel Castro leads a band of guerrilla campesinos into Havana

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1958 - Elvis joins the Army

  World famous ock n roll singer is drafted and joins the US Army as a regular soldier.

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1957 - Soviet satellites Sputnik I and II launched

  First dog in space launched in a Soviet satellite - she didn't make it back alive :(

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1956 - Hungarian Revolution

  Hungarian Revolution: nationwide revolt against Soviet policies is crushed after bitter fighting

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1955 - Istanbul Pogrom

  Government instigated anti-Greek riots see widespread destruction of property, violent attacks and rape against non-Muslim minorities. In what some refer to as the…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1954 - Marilyn Monroe, iconic superstar

  A tumultuous year in the life of global celebrity Marilyn Monroe. Aside from her showbiz life, she toured South Korea and had a short-lived and volatile marriage to baseball star…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1953 - East German Uprising

  A wave of strikes and protests turns into a widespread uprising against the communist German Democratic Republic government, which was violently suppressed by Soviet troops.…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1952 - Egyptian Revolution

  A military coup d'etat by the 'Free Officers' forces the Egyptian King Farouk to abdicate, removes remnants of British influence in the government, and creates a republic in…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1951 - Korean War

  Korean War - the intervention of Chinese troops forces UN troops into a retreat back to the 38th parallel, followed by stalemate as neither side proves capable of a decisive…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1950 - Utuado Uprising

  Nationalist rebels rise up in Puerto Rico seeking independence from the USA. Martial law was declared and the uprising crushed with widespread arrests. In response an…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1949 - Monkey in Space

  A V2 rocket carries Albert II, a rhesus monkey, into space, at an altitude of 83 miles. During the early years of the Space Age the US launched several V2 rockets into space…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1948 - Berlin Blockade

  A massive airlift of supplies is undertaken by Western allies in response to Soviet blockade of west Berlin. The Berlin Blockade was the firing pistol that began the Cold…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1947 - Partition of India

  August 15th, 1947, inaugurated one of the cruelest and most enduring ironies of decolonization. India, a British property with over 4,500 years of civilization and a population…

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• sroka87 (62)in #history • 4 years ago

  1946 - Displaced People scattered throughout Europe

  In the aftermath of war millions of refugees and former inmates of Nazi concentration camps were scattered far from home. DP camps in Germany, Austria and Italy were set up to…

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