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Earhart becomes the first person to make a solo flight
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First "Monopoly" board game goes on sale!
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1st parking meters are invented
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40 hour work week law approved!
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1st Social Security Payment Made!
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First Food Stamps Issued
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Mcdonalds Opens Up In San Bernardino, California
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World War II Begins
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Bikinis introduced
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polaroid Cameras were invented
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Rise Of Rock N Roll
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First Credit Card Charge Was Made
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Truman Signs Treaty with Japan
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Seatbelts Were Invented
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Polio Vacctination
On October 22, 1952 Jonas Salk developed and first tested the polio vaccine. -
Segregation Ruled Illegal In Unted States
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
When Rosa Parks refused on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 1955, to give up her bus seat so that a white man could sit, it is unlikely that she fully realized the forces she had set into motion and the controversy that would soon swirl around her. -
minimum wage of $1 per hour in effect
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First American Express Card Invented
It made its debut on October 1st, 1958, with an annual fee of $6... intentionally $1 more than Diners Club. Because the goal was to position the American Express as the premium charge card. And low and behold, they have certainly stuck by that same marketing strategy of status and exclusivity ever since.Within a short period of time, only five years later, there were over a million people carrying Amex charge cards and more than 85,000 merchants across the globe accepted it for payment. -
the Barbie Doll was invented
