1960s
This man was assassinated during a parade in November of 1963
John F. Kennedy
This music genre exploded during the 1970s and featured artists like the Bee-gees, Donna Summer, and KC & the Sunshine Band
Disco
The first music video aired on this channel on August 1st, 1981
MTV
This man was acquitted of murder charges in 1995 in what is one of the most notorious criminal trials in US History
OJ Simpson
The al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center took place on this date (day, month, year)
September 11, 2001
This major music festival took place in 1969
Woodstock
The US withdrawal in 1975 led to the end of this conflict.
The Vietnam War
Mt. Saint Helens erupted in 1980 in this US State
Washington
This man came under fire to quit his job in 1998 after lying about having an affair in his office with an intern named Monica Lewinski
This major networking site had its official launch in 2004
This is the name of the speech given at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington
The "I Have a Dream" speech, given by Martin Luther King, Jr.
This was the name of the scandal and cover-up that led to Nixon resigning as president
The Watergate Scandal
This man was president from 1980-1988 and is now one of the most important names in the modern Republican Party
Ronald Reagan
This major retailer was launched in 1994, and originally set up as an online bookstore
Amazon
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August of 2005 and destroyed much of this city
New Orleans, Louisiana
This major event of the Space Race took place in 1969.
The moon landing
This is the name of the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion (and has since been overturned in 2022)
Roe v. Wade
This famous symbol of the Cold War was demolished in November of 1989
The Berlin Wall
This game, still popular worldwide, was launched in the United States in 1998 after it was a hit in founding country of Japan
Pokemon
This major event took place in 2008, a first in US History.
The election of Barack Obama, the first person of color to be elected president of the United States
This is the name of the 13-day nuclear standoff that took place in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The National Guard shot and killed 4 anti-war protestors in this state in 1970
Ohio - on the campus of Kent State
This nuclear reactor exploded in this place in 1986 and became the world's worst nuclear reactor accident in history
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Riots began in this city in 1992 after four white police officers were acquitted on all but one charge for violently beating African American driver Rodney King during a traffic stop
This groundbreaking figure in pop music history died of an overdose on June 25th, 2009
Michael Jackson