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1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
1.2.7 21st century. 1.2.7.1 2000s. ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1950–1969) ... List of United States military history events.
March 19: The United States invades Iraq and ousts Saddam Hussein, triggering worldwide protests and an 8 year war. August 5: 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing kills 12 people. August 27 – 29: The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia. November 3 – 23: The Rose Revolution occurs in Georgia.
Timelines of world history; List of timelines; Chronology; See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. See history, history by period, and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang, Geologic time scale, Timeline of evolution, and Logarithmic timeline.
1950: Puerto Rico (United States colonial territory): The United States National Guard used P-47 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, land-based artillery, mortar fire, and grenades to counterattack Puerto Rican freedom fighters, Nationalists and independence rebels looking to end U.S. colonial rule during the Jayuya uprising.
Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) ... Events from the year 1950 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government ...
A Diplomatic History of the United States (2nd ed. 1942) online; old standard textbook; Bemis, Samuel Flagg and Grace Gardner Griffin. Guide to the Diplomatic History of the United States 1775–1921 (1935) bibliographies; out of date and replaced by Beisner (2003)
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