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The Cold War continued during the 1950s - the US kept the vision of slowing Soviet control.
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Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
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Eisenhower (R) defeated Adlai Stevenson (D) 442-89.
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1st TV Guide was published. It featured actress Lucille Ball's newborn son. The size of the magazine was "digest size."
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The US Supreme court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional.
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Founded in Des Plaines, Illionis. It was started by Richard and Maurice McDonald. Its headquarters is now in Oak Brook, Illinois and there are 34,000+ in the world.
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Disneyland opened for the first time in Anaheim, California.
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in Money, Mississippi.
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Rosa Parks wouldn't move her seat after she initally sat in the section for "blacks." The sign was moved when the bus started to fill up.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower wins his second election over Stevenson by an electoral vote of 457-73.
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1st satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union. Started the space race between the US and USSR.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established by president Eisenhower in responce to the space race and Sputnik.
