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Golda Meir become Prime Minister of Israel
March 17, 1969
Brazil beats Czechoslovakia for the FIFA World Cup
May - June, 1962
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins
Aug 13, 1961
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft
April 4, 1975
The Beatles are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1988
Harvey Milk is elected to California public office and killed 10 months later
Jan - Nov, 1978
Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" is released
March 14, 1972
Hawai'i becomes an official state
Aug 21, 1959
Wayne Gretzky breaks the NHL's All Time Scoring record
Oct 15, 1989
The first known case of HIV is found
1959
The UK and Argentina war over the Falkland Islands
April 2, 1982
Jonas Salk releases his Polio vaccine
April 12, 1955
Dwight Eisenhower is elected President
Jan 20, 1953
Sputnik 1 is launched
Oct 4, 1957
The Sydney Opera House is completed
Oct 20, 1973
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded occurs in Valdivia, Chile
May 22, 1960
The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in Japan
15 July, 1983
David Bowie releases The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust
June 6, 1972
Mount St. Helens erupts, knocking down 10 million trees in the process
May 18, 1980
Star Trek airs its first episode
Sep 6, 1966
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