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During the late 1960s, the USA was in upheaval. The Vietnam War was ongoing, sparking protests on college campuses across the nation. The struggle of the civil rights movement boiled over in April 1968 when an assassin killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. Engineers invented the foundational technologies of the modern computer age during this period. Two of the most impactful were the development of the microprocessor chip and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) technology in semiconductors, enabling miniaturization of the core components of today’s computers, mobile phones, and consumer electronics. Networking of computers in different geographical locations and electronic communications emerged, ushering in a newly connected landscape. The US space program experienced the high emotion of putting a human being on the surface of the moon with Apollo 11 along with the low point of an averted space flight disaster with Apollo 13.

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Setting the Stage: 1967–1971 The Turmoil of 1968 and Landing a Human on the Moon

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    2025年

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  • Holly J. Teig,
  • Janet L. Williams

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During the late 1960s, the USA was in upheaval. The Vietnam War was ongoing, sparking protests on college campuses across the nation. The struggle of the civil rights movement boiled over in April 1968 when an assassin killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. Engineers invented the foundational technologies of the modern computer age during this period. Two of the most impactful were the development of the microprocessor chip and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) technology in semiconductors, enabling miniaturization of the core components of today’s computers, mobile phones, and consumer electronics. Networking of computers in different geographical locations and electronic communications emerged, ushering in a newly connected landscape. The US space program experienced the high emotion of putting a human being on the surface of the moon with Apollo 11 along with the low point of an averted space flight disaster with Apollo 13.