1950-1960 By csparkdaddy Nov 18, 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power Nov 18, 1950 McCarran Internal security act established Nov 18, 1950 Korean war begins Nov 18, 1950 Failed assassination attempt by two puerto ricans on Harry Truman Nov 18, 1951 22nd amendment established Nov 18, 1951 mutual security act Nov 18, 1952 Immigration and Nationality act Nov 18, 1953 Shah of Iran returns to power Nov 18, 1954 Saint Lawrence Seaway Act Nov 18, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Nov 18, 1954 united states becomes member of southeast asia treaty organization Nov 18, 1955 Rosa parks incited the Montgomery bus boycott Nov 18, 1955 warsaw pact Nov 18, 1955 disneyland opens in california Nov 18, 1956 Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway act Nov 18, 1956 Eisenhower re elected Nov 18, 1957 soviets launch Sputnik space race begins Nov 18, 1958 National Defense Education act Nov 18, 1959 Cuban revolution Nov 18, 1959 Landrum Griffin Act Nov 18, 2016 General douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman Nov 18, 2016 Presidential election 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower elected