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McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy sent a telegram to President Truman two days after claiming that he had identified "205 card-carrying" members of the Communist party working in the U.S. State Department. -
Color TV
On June 25, 1951, CBS broadcasted the very first commercial color TV program. Nearly no one could watch it because the tv's where only black and white. -
Car Seats
The start of research and car seat development begin. All around the US car maufacturers had introduced seat belts and began researching car restraints for children. In March, adjustable car seats came out. -
First Play Boy magazine
In December 1953, 27-year-old Hugh Hefner published the very first Playboy magazine. His first edition had 44 pages long with no date on cover because Hefner didn't know if there would be a second edition. -
Civil Rights Movement
Close to a 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Southern states still inhabited a starkly unequal world of disenfranchisement, segregation and various forms of oppression, including race-inspired violence. 1954-1968 -
Segregation Outlawed
On May 17th the laws changed, the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by ruling that segregation was "inherently unequal." The Brown v. Board of Education was specifically for the field of education and the decision was made. Segregation in schools where banned. -
Disney Land
July 17th Disney opened for a few thousand adults and children specially invited. The following day Disney officially opened for the public. Located in Anaheim, California. -
Emmit Till
Emmitt Till was an African American 14 year old boy who was murdered in Mississippi after reportedly flirting with a white women. Till was from Illinois but was in Mississippi visiting hos relatives. -
TV Remote Control
In June 1956 the remote controller for television was brought to American homes. Also Robert Adler developed "Zenith space command" a wireless remote. -
Cat in the hat
The first edition of The Cat And The Hat a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Suess was published in March. Geisel created the book in response to a debate in the United States about literacy in early childhood. -
Lego Bricks
The LEGO group receives a patent for its plastic bricks . The group laid out a plan for Automatic Binding Bricks, the first lego brick was launched. -
Nasa
National Aeronautics and Space Act was signed in 1958 by President Eisenhower. Which created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. -
Sit ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina. These students sat in "Whites only" seats at local diners. -
Birth Control
Searle receives FDA approval to sell the birth control pill. Searle is the first and only pharmaceutical company to sell an oral contraceptive. -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles were launched and became an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. This invasion began when CIA financed and trained group of Cuban Refugees landed in Cuba. -
Death of Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe was found dead on this day. Death was caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death was probably suicide. -
JFK Moon Speech
Kennedy believed there was a possibility for some kind of new movement in U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, He began to look for an opportunity to make a "peace speech". -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and freedom. MLK Jr did his I have dream speech which was a spirited call for racial justice and equality. -
JFK Assassination
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
The Beatles
This day The beatles starring John Lennon and McCartney made history staring on The Ed Sullivan show. This was there first live television performance. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X was shot and killed by the Black Muslims as he was about to address the organization of Afro-Americans unity at the University of Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. He was 39 years old and played a violent role to try getting his point across in the Civil rights movement. -
First Superbowl
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys. First ever AFL-NFL Championship in professional American Football. -
Beatles Break Up
Paul McCartney announces the break up. Each of the Beatles was pursuing his musical interests outside of the band, and there were no plans in place to record together as a group. -
London Bridge
London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States. It was dedicated to the US in Oct of 1971. -
Us pulls out of Vietnam
President Nixon announces that an agreement has been reached which will "end the war and bring peace with honor." US troop then withdrew from Vietnam. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign. -
Microsoft began
Co founder Paul Allen and Bill gates created the partnership called Microsoft. Microsoft began small but wascreated to have a huge vision. -
Roots
Roots is a television miniseries. In the USA based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family. -
Star Wars
Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. The film's success gave rise to the Star Wars film franchise. It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness. -
Elvis dead
Elvis was an American rock nd roller who died at age 42. Elvis's drug abuse was off the charts. -
Pac-man
May 22,1980 Pac man was realeased in Japan , later in October it was then released in the US. Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. -
John Lennon Killed
Lennon shot and killed on Dec 8, 1980 outside of his New York City apartment. After being asked for an autograph later that day was shot by that fan. -
HIV/AIDS
In July 1981, the New York Times reported an outbreak of a rare form of cancer among gay men in New York and California, first referred to as the "gay cancer"; but medically know as Kaposi Sarcoma. Later, in 1984 it was discovered to be HIV. -
IBM computers
IBM's personal computers were introduced a year later after being created by Bill Lowe. He then announced it to the press. -
ET movie
Science fiction film realeased in 1982. E.T. is an adventure that captures that strange moment in youth when the world is a place of mysterious possibilities. -
MJ Thriller
Thriller is the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson. It was realeased November 30th by Epic Records. -
Sally Ride
Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space. She joined NASA in 1978 as part of the first astronaut class to accept women. -
PG-13 created
MPAA president Jack Valenti introduced the PG-13 rating. PG-13 was established to mark those films in the increasing area between family-oriented PG. -
Titanic found
Discovery of Titanic stemmed from a secret United States Navy investigation of two wrecked nuclear submarines. This search was on going and finally put to an end after so long. -
Space Shuttle explodes
Space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:38 -
DNA used for felons
DNA began to be used to convict felons. This has increased DNA testing of criminal suspects which lead to more certain convictions. In November one of the first uses of DNA in a criminal case.
