Unit 9 Timeline by Nicholas Nitchoff

Iran Hostage Crisis Nov 4, 1979 - Jan 20, 1981.

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The Iranian hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the US. Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college took them as hostages.

Gulf War Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991

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The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-Country Coalition led by the United States.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968

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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

Malcom X - May 19, 1925 - Feb 21, 1965

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Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.

Thurgood Marshall - Jul 2, 1908 - Jan 24, 1993

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Thurgood Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.

OPEC - Sept 1960

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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit.

Bill Clinton - Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001

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William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992.

Woodstock - Aug 15-18, 1969

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Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock.

Cesar Chavez - Mar 31, 1927 - Apr 23, 1993

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

Brown vs. Board of Education - Dec 9, 1952 - May 17, 1954

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.