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Truman Signs With Japan
6 years after the fighting stopped, the 49 nations signed the japanese peace treaty officially ending ww2 -
Polio Vaccine Created
It was developed by Jonas Salk and his team at the university of Pittsburgh. Polio is an infectious disease that paralyzed kids -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Stalin led the soviets to victory at the close of ww2. He was responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people -
Brown vs. Board of Education
the Brown vs Board of education case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson which had made the seperate but equal concept legal. Segregation was still illegal but racism wasn't over -
Montgomery bus boycott begins
After Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus, the black community decided to peacefully demonstrate against the segregation on buses. The boycott lasted 381 days. The boycott brought Martin Luther King jr. into the public eye. -
Sputnik is launched into Space
This was the trigger to the space race. America became concerned about the power the soviets would have from their knowledge obtained about sending large objects into orbit (especially Bombs) -
First Televised Presidential debate
Television was first used in debates in the Nixon vs. Kennedy Election. It was obviously a benefit to Kennedy who used appearance to his benefit. This became the future of campaigning -
16th street Baptist church Bombing
4 girls died in the explosion. despite the fatalities, it played a vital role in helping turn public opinion against racism in the south -
JFK Assassinated
JFK was Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Texas. Lyndon B Johnson was then Sworn in on Air Force One -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Signed by Lyndon B Johnson, The civil Rights act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on gender, race, religion or national origin
