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Korean War Begins
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First Organ Transplant
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South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race
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Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
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Car Seat Belts Introduced
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•Polio Vaccine Created
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•Joseph Stalin Dies
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•Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
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Cancer may be caused by smoking
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•McDonald's Corporation Founded
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•Warsaw Pact Signed
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•Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
•Suez Crisis
•T.V. Remote Control Invented
•Velcro Introduced -
•Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
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•Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian
•Hula Hoops Become Popular
•LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced
•NASA Founded
•Peace Symbol Created -
•Kitchen Debate Between Nixon and Khrushchev
•The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway
•U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed