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it really depends on the role the situation you're talking about plays in the paper.
typically, you do not need to cite if all you're doing is mentioning that such-and-such even happened in the world at this point in time.
citations are usually linked to interpretations of events or situations rather than to the events of situations themselves.
but if your paper is about rosa parks (say) and establishing the sequence of events around the bus actions in montgomery is a matter of some dispute--or if it's the analytic center of your paper, then you just cite the material that you're using to construct the narrative. you can usually do this at the end of a paragraph.
i've taught history at university for quite a while (tho not at the moment)--that's why im a bit confused about the question and what exactly you're asking about.
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