Timeline(G6)

=Timeline Events=


 * Emmett Till (1955)-** Emmett Till was a 10 year-old African American living in Mississippi for the summer of 1955. He whistled at a white girl in a convenience store; he was found 3 days later dead in the Tallahatchie River, beaten, and then shot in the head. Two white men were accused of murder but acquitted by an all-white jury. Not long after, the same two men boasted their confession to a newspaper and it became a national story. Till's death ignited a civil rights movement in the U.S.


 * McDonald's is Founded (1955)**- McDonald's is a fast food restaurant known a[[image:mcdonalds.gif width="150" height="161" align="right"]]round the world as the most popular and powerful food franchise ever created. In 1955, McDonald's System's Inc. was founded by Ray Kroc. He was the brains behind the franchising of McDonald's. Ever since then, this food chain has flourished with it's cheap food and quick service. It has also pushed the button on how unhealthy their food could manage to be, although a recent push has been made to clean up their food. McDonald's is something that we will know for the rest of our lives.


 * Berlin Wall built (1961)**- In 1961, a wall was built to split up communist East Germany and free West Germany. In 10 years prior to the building, over 2.5 million East Germans escaped to the west to become free citizens. The communist state of the East felt there was no other way to keep the citizens from escaping. Thousands of citizens tried escaping, weather they would just try jumping over the wall, or swimming in the Rhine River to get across. Many of them failed. The wall lasted 28 years and finally fell in 1989.


 * JFK assassinated (1963)**- On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, the 35th president of the United States was assassinated. John F. Kennedy was riding in a motorcade, and was shot fatally in the back of the head. He also had an entrance wound in the front of his head. Lee Harvey Oswald was convicted of the murder, and then murdered himself before he could stand trial. The controversy behind it all was how could one man have shot him in two different areas so quickly. To this day we still don't know what all happened that day, was there another shooter, or who was behind it all?
 * First Moon Landing (1969)**- On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. In 1961, president John F. Kennedy, set a challenge for NASA and it took them 8 years to complete. During the age of the Cold War with communism, there was a race to be the first to space, this was a huge step in confidence for the Americans. Millions watched Neil take his first steps and speak the words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."


 * Watergate (1972)**- Watergate was a political scandal in the 70's and ultimately led to the resignation of our 37th president Richard Nixon. Five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee, all five were connected to the re-election committee for Nixon. He was spying on his competition and he tried covering it up, but eventually recorded tapes were found and he had to confess.


 * Mt Saint Helens Erupts (1980)**- Mt. Saint Helens is an active volcano located in Washington. In 1980, the volcano erupted in 1980 and was said to have one of the largest landslides ever recorded. 57 people died due to the eruption. The blast alone spread over 600 square kilometers. The last time the volcano erupted was 130 prior to the 1980 eruption.

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