1945 to Present By helenpham Oct 8, 1945 First microwave oven Feb 9, 1950 Sen. Joseph McCarthy claims the State Dept. is full of communists Feb 9, 1950 " " " " is censured by the US Senate Jun 19, 1951 Rosenburgs are executed for spying Jun 25, 1951 First color tv show Jul 27, 1953 Treaty signed ending Korean War Apr 12, 1954 Bill Haley records "Rock Around the Clock" Jan 1, 1955 Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record Dec 5, 1955 Rosa Parks begins bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama Feb 3, 1959 Buddy Holly dies in plane crash Jan 17, 1961 President Eisenhower warns of the dangers of the "military-industrial complex: Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard goes into space Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall goes up Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn orbits the earth Aug 5, 1962 Marilyn Monrow commits suicide Oct 1, 1962 Cuban missile crisis is resolved peacefully Aug 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King says "I have a dream" Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is assainated Nov 24, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered Feb 9, 1964 Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show Feb 2, 1965 My Daddy's Birthday Apr 28, 1965 US Invasion of Dominican Republic Jun 30, 1966 Betty Freidan founds the National Organization of Women Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl is played Apr 28, 1967 My Mommy's Birthday Jan 1, 1968 President Johnson refuses to run for a second term of office Jan 1, 1968 Sen, Eugene McCarthy mobilizes the youth vote against the Vietnam War Apr 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King is assinated Jun 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assianated Jan 3, 1972 Gloria Steinem publishes the first edition of "MS" Magazine Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Hotel broken into Sep 4, 1972 Isreali athletes slaughtered at Olympics Mar 19, 1973 US leaves Vietnam Aug 8, 1974 President Nixon resigns Aug 9, 1974 Gearld Ford becomes the first unelected president in history Jan 3, 1977 First Apple computer sold Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon is murdered Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes President Jun 14, 1982 Britain wins Falklands War Aug 19, 1997 My Birthday :)