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1) The war in Vietnam had a huge impact on the world today. It started in 1959 and ended in 1973. This war launched many "hippies" and people just generally voicing their opinion on the war. You had both extremes; you had the people who were dead-set against the war, and you had people who were pro war, saying that it was helping sort things out for the United States. 285,331 people died in this war, and many more people were wounded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

2) Ronald Regan took over presidency of the United States in 1980 against Jimmy Carter. He was President for 8 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

3) On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.