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Years of the 20th Century
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A series of videos each one covering one year of the 20th century
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1947 Explained: From Cold War Origins to Breaking the Sound Barrier
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1948: From Berlin Blockade to Israel's Independence: A Global Turning Poin
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1949: Cold War Tensions Explode - Communist China Rises, NATO Forms, and Russia Gets the Bomb
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1950: Korean War Erupts While America Discovers Credit Cards and Minute Rice
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1952: A Queen's Ascent, A President's Promise, A World in Flux
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1953: Stalin’s Death, Korean War Ends, the Rosenbergs, and JFK’s Wedding
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1954: McCarthy’s Fall, Brown v. Board, Vietnam Divided, and Elvis Arrives
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1956: Khrushchev’s Secret Speech, Suez Crisis, Rosa Parks, and the Interstate Highway Act
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1958: Space Race, Middle East Turmoil & The Rise of Consumer America
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1959: Castro’s Victory, The Dalai Lama’s Flight, U.S. Expands, and the Birth of the Microchip
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1960: A Year of Revolutions, Independence & Kennedy’s Rise
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1961: Kennedy’s First Year, Berlin Wall, Eichmann Trial & A Changing World
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1962: From John Glenn’s Orbit to the Cuban Missile Crisis
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1963: Civil Rights, Kennedy’s Assassination, and a World in Transition
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1964: Rights, Revolutions & a Road to War
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1965: Protest, Power & Promise — A Year That Changed America
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