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| President Kennedy Sends
3,000 Troops To Birmingham, Alabama, As Riots Culminate In Arrest Of Dr. Martin Luther King Later In The Year, A "March On Washington," Civil Rights Rally Held By 200,000 Blacks And Whites In Washington, D.C.; Dr. King Delivers "I Have A Dream" Speech US Supreme Court Rules No Locality May Require Recitation Of Lord's Prayer Or Bible Verses In Public Schools Winston Churchill Becomes Honorary Citizen Of U.S. U.S. And U.S.S.R. Agree On "Hot Line" From The White House To The Kremlin President John F. Kennedy Assassinated By Lee Harvey Oswald On November 22 In Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald Shot And Killed By Jack Ruby As America Watches On TV Dr. Michael De Bakey First Uses Artificial Heart To Take Over Circulation Of Patients Blood During Heart Surgery Pope John XXIII Is Succeeded By Cardinal Montini As Pope Paul VI Leonardo Da Vincis "Mona Lisa" Is Exhibited In New York And Washington, D.C. Golfer Jack Niklaus Wins His First Masters Tournament, Then Tournament Of Champions, And The World Series Of Golf Beatlemania Hits The U.K. The Beatles, A British Band Composed Of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr And Paul Mccartney, Take Britain By Storm. The Rolling Stones Emerge As The Anti-Beatles, With An Aggressive, Blues-Derived Style. |
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