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President Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb
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CBS introduced the first color television broadcast
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This infectious viral disease attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system, often causing muscle wasting and paralysis and even death.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses.
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953.
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Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc.
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On 26 September 1960, 70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate.
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The Wall was erected in 1961 because more than 2.6 million East Germans escaped to West Berlin or West Germany from 1949 to 1961
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The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness, personal problems.
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The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas
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Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One in Dallas at Love Field Airport on November 22, 1963.
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G.I. Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the toy company Hasbro.
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On February 7, 1964 the "Fab Four" as the Press has started calling them, land at New York's Kennedy Airport and begins the launch of their U.S. fame.
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Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston to become The World Champion
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A man rushed forward and shot him in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun while he was giving his speech in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom
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First aired in the United States on NBC on September 8, 1966
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The first Super Bowl was between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs
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Was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN
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Robert F. Kennedy was killed during celebrations of his successful campaign in the Californian primary elections while seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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He set out to reconstruct the Western Alliance, develop a relationship with China, pursue arms control agreements with the Soviet Union, activate a peace process in the Middle East, restrain inflation, implement anti-crime measures, accelerate desegregation, and reform welfare
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Armstrong was a mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969.
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On August 9, 1969, Charles Manson sent four of members of his hippie cult "Family" to murder the people inside the home at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. Among those murdered were actress Sharon Tate
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Woodstock was a music and art festival at a dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969.
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Sesame Street is an multi-Emmy-Award winning American educational children's television series
