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Hydrogen Bomb
President Harry Truman pubically announces the development of the hydrogen bomb -
Cinderella
Walt Disneys Cinderella was released. -
Peanuts Comic
The first peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz was relased in seven newspapers -
Communist Control Act
Eisenhower signs the Communist Control Act. Outlawing the communist party -
First Disney Show
Walt Disneys first television program "Disneyland" aired on ABC -
First Kidney Transplant
The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Nevada Test
US tested nuclear weapons at Nevada Test Site -
Polio Vaccine
Dr. Joseph Salk successfully tested his Polio Vaccine -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw pact was signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania -
Minimum Wage
President Eisenhower raised minimum wage form 75 cents to $1 an hour -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus -
Hydrogen Bomb Explodes
US explodes first hydrogen bomb over a island named Bikini Atoll -
I Love Lucy ends
the last episode of I Love Lucy airs on CBS-TV -
Explorer 1
US launches their first artifical satelite -
NASA
President Eisenhower signed into law National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
