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Occurs when eleven robbers steal $2.8 million from an armored car outside their express office.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of conspiracy of wartime espionage and sentenced to death.
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He authorizes a seizure of steel mills in order to prevent a strike.
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the first color televisions go on sale
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first large scale polio vaccine begins in pennsylvania
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rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
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the first transatlantic telephone began operation.
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President Eisenhower was inagurated for his second term as president.
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the first US space satellite is launched at cape canaveral by the army.
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alaska is admitted to the US as the 49th state.
