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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing secrets about U.S. atomic weapons to the
soviets.• The Rosenbergs
1954: The U.S. Supreme Court decides that racial segregation is
unconstitutional.
1957: President Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock,
Arkansas to enforce integration.
1959: Alaska becomes the 49th state and Hawaii the 50th.
1961: Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba fails.
1962: In the Cuban Missile Crisis the U.S. and the Soviets have a
showdown over Soviet missiles in Cuba. World destruction is averted.
1963: President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.
1964:President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act.
1966: In Miranda v. Arizona, U.S. Supreme Court rules that accused persons must be informed of their
rights.
1968: Vietnam War takes turn for the worse as North Vietnamese
launch Tet Offensive. U.S. Troops kill 300 villagers in My Lai
Massacre.
