1945 to the Present By JenTro Feb 5, 1940 first color tv show Mar 11, 1945 Jackie Robinson become the first black to play in the major leagues Oct 8, 1945 First microwave oven Aug 15, 1947 Ghandi founds modern nation of India Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin dies Jun 19, 1953 Rosenbergs are executed for spying Jul 27, 1953 Treaty signed ending Korean War Apr 12, 1954 Billy Haley records "Rock Around the Clock" Dec 2, 1954 Sen. Joseph McCarthy claims the State Dept. is full of Communist Apr 18, 1955 Albert Einstein dies Dec 5, 1955 Rosa Parks begins bus boycott in Alabama Apr 11, 1956 U.S. leaves Vietnam Apr 28, 1956 U.S invasion of Dominican Republic Feb 3, 1959 Buddy Holly dies in plane crash Mar 11, 1960 Cesar Chavez unionizes farm workers in California Jan 17, 1961 Pres. 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 Mar 11, 1962 James Merdith enrolls at the Univ. of Alabama Aug 5, 1962 Marilyn Monroe commits suicide Oct 14, 1962 Cuban missile crisis resolved peacefully Mar 11, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King says "I have a dream" Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is assasinated Nov 24, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered Mar 11, 1964 Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show Jan 1, 1966 Betty Freidan founds the National Organization of Women Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl is played Apr 11, 1967 Muhammed Ali goes to jail Nov 11, 1967 Sen. McCarthy mobilizes youth to vote against Vietnam War Mar 11, 1968 Pres. Johnson refuses to run for a second term of office Apr 14, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King is assasinated Jun 5, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assasinated Jan 20, 1969 Richard Nexon is elected for his first term of office Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon Sep 2, 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies Sep 17, 1970 my mom's birthday Jul 4, 1971 My dad's birthday Jan 1, 1972 Gloria Steinem publishes the first edition of "MS" Magazine Mar 11, 1972 Nixon visits Red China Mar 11, 1972 Isreali athletes slaughtered at Olympics Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Hotel broken into Mar 11, 1973 Vice-president Spiro Agnew resigns from office Apr 8, 1974 Henry Aaron breaks Babe's record Aug 8, 1974 president Nixon resigns Apr 1, 1976 First Apple Computer sold Aug 16, 1977 Elvis dies Sep 11, 1978 Jimmy Carter president over Camp David Nov 18, 1978 Jim Jones leads followers into mass suicide Feb 1, 1979 Ayatollah Khomeni takes power in Iran Sep 28, 1979 Lee Iacoca takes over Chrysler Dec 8, 1980 John Lennon murdered Jan 20, 1981 Ronald Reagan becomes president Jun 14, 1982 Britain win Falklands War Mar 11, 1983 Invasion of Gernada Jan 28, 1986 Christa McCauliffe is first civilian to ride space shuttle Mar 11, 1989 Berlin Wall goes down Dec 11, 1989 Invasion of Panama Dec 24, 1996 my birthday Mar 19, 2003 Invasion of Iraq