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1 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secrets about U.S. atomic weapons to the soviets. The Rosenbergs

2 1954: The U.S. Supreme Court decides that racial segregation is unconstitutional.

3 1957: President Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce integration.

4 1959: Alaska becomes the 49 th state and Hawaii the 50 th.

5 1961: Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba fails.

6 1962: In the Cuban Missile Crisis the U.S. and the Soviets have a showdown over Soviet missiles in Cuba. World destruction is averted.

7 1963: President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.

8 1964:President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act.

9 1966: In Miranda v. Arizona, U.S. Supreme Court rules that accused persons must be informed of their rights.

10 1968: Vietnam War takes turn for the worse as North Vietnamese launch Tet Offensive. U.S. Troops kill 300 villagers in My Lai Massacre.

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