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1947-2003
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Truman Doctrine promises to aid countries threatened by communism |
| 1950 | Korean War Begins |
| 1954 | Supreme Court strikes down compulsory school segregation |
| 1961 | Alan Shepard becomes first American in space |
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis leads to standoff with the Soviet Union |
| 1963 | President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas |
| 1964 | Civil Rights Act passed |
| 1965 | American troops sent to Vietnam |
| 1968 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis, TN |
| 1969 | Neil Armstrong first person on moon |
| 1974 | President Nixon resigns because of Watergate scandal |
| 1977 | Apple Computer Co produces first affordable personal computer |
| 1991 | Persian Gulf War fought |
| 1993 | Bush and Russian president Yeltsin sign treaty limiting nuclear arms |
| 2001 | World Trade Center in New York is destroyed |
| 2003 | War in Iraq begins |