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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African-American church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination.

33rd President of the United States. Born May 8, 1884. Died Dec. 26, 1972 at the age of 88.

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union while South Korea was supported by the United States and allied countries. The fighting ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

34th President of the United States. Born October 14, 1890. Died March 28, 1969 at the age of 79.

The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United States. The movement had its origins in the Reconstruction era during the late 19th century, although it made its largest legislative gains in the 1960s after years of direct actions and grassroots protests. The social movement's major nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience campaigns eventually secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans.

The RCA CT-100 was an early all-electronic consumer color television introduced in April 1954. The color picture tube measured 15 inches diagonally. The viewable picture was just 11½ inches wide. The CT-100 wasn't the world's first color TV, but it was the first to be mass produced, with 4400 having been made.

Before a polio vaccine became available, several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. In 1955 Dr. Jonas E. Salk and colleagues research and develop a polio vaccine.

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975.

On Jan. 25, 1959, the first scheduled transcontinental passenger jet flight took place, a non-stop American Airlines trip from California to New York.

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that was comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time

35th President of the United States. Born May 19, 1917. Assassinated November 22, 1963 at the age of 46.

36th President of the United States. Born August 27, 1908. Died January 22, 1973 at the age of 65.

37th President of the United States. Born Jan. 9, 1913. Died Apr. 22, 1994 at the age of 81.

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972 break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., Watergate Office Building.

40th President of the United States. Born February 6, 1911. Died June 5, 2004 at the age of 93.

The silence of Nancy Reagan and President Ronald Reagan on HIV/AIDS lasted for several years, with the president waiting until 1985 to directly address the issue while answering a reporter's question. It would be two more years until he made his first major address on the health issue in 1987.

The first news story on the disease appeared on May 18, 1981, in the gay newspaper "New York Native". AIDS was first clinically reported on June 5, 1981, with five cases in the United States. By 1989, AIDS was estimated to be the second leading cause of death in men ages 25-44; surpassing heart disease, cancer, suicide, and homicide. In 1988, AIDS ranked eighth among causes of death among women 25-44 years of age. By 1990, 100,777 people in the United States alone were dead from AIDS.

Some authors consider HIV/AIDS a global pandemic. As of 2016 approximately 36.7 million people worldwide have HIV, the number of new infections that year being about 1.8 million. This is down from 3.1 million new infections in 2001. It resulted in about 1 million deaths in 2016, down from a peak of 1.9 million in 2005.