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1960 - Explorer 8 fails to reach Earth orbit.

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1965 - Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight (Grissom and Young).

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1968 - Reverend Walter Fauntroy is first non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC.

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1969 - Rally for Decency held in Miami, Florida.

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1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

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1973 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

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1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

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1981 - US Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men.

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1981 - US Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.

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1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial Strategic Defense Initiative proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars."

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