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Marilyn Manroe
Marilyn Monroe was a popular "sex symbol". She was married the author Arthur Miller and baseball hero Joe Dimaggio. Two men (bad) There was a rumor that she was in a relationship with President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, as well as mafia boss Joe Gianconna. She died unexpectedly, or suspicously. -
Red China
Communists took control of China after a struggle that happened after World War II. Red China enter the Korean war around 1950, only when they thought that U.N. forces would win the war. -
Rock around the Clock
Bill Haley and the Comets made the first Rock-n-Roll song in 1953. That was the beginning of Rock-n-Roll. -
Alabama
In 1955, Rosa Parks sat in a Montgomery, Alabama bus seat that was designated to the "whites". Which meant only the white peopl ecould sit in those seats and not the African Americans. She was then arrested for her act of defiance. That arrest had resulted in demonstrations and a boycott of Montgomery buses. And lasted until december 1956. -
Little Rock
9 African Americans joined a school called Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine African American students from entering. He believed black and whites should be segregated. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the 9 students. -
Payola
Disk jockeys were being bribed to play certian songs on the radio. Whcih made the record sales. Allen Freed top disk jockey was convicted of Payola. Also Dick Clark was accused but he was actually innocent. -
Bay of big invasion
Was a secret mission led by CIA with Cuban rebels, which failed. Out dated maps made the strike for in the middle of the Cuban base. J.F.K was very much criticized for the failure. -
Terror on the airline
Terror on the Airlines was major hijacking of planes. Hijacking planes with passengers or no passangers, it didn't matter. -
Ho Chi-Minh
He was the leader of the Communist North Vietnamese, who fought the french and then the americans.. -
Watergate
Supporters and staff of U.S. President Richard Nixon, were accused of sneaking into the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate hotel. Nixon tried to cover everythin gupt and soon he was forced to resign from office because her tried to cover up. -
Birth Control
The population became an issue with the adventing of birth control cut down on the population. Later, abortion was legal. A T-shaped IUD was approved by the FDA in 1976 -
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal bands such as Ozzy Osborne and Judas Priest were sued for apparently encouraging and causing suicides. Heavy Metal was also a revelation in music.
