1955-1975

By faithrodgers

  • Polio Vaccine

    The Polio Vaccine is released.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks gets arrested for refusing to give up her seat when a white man asks.

  • Eisenhower

    Eisenhower is elected as president for his second term.

  • Nuclear Power Plant

    The first nuclear power plant is created.

  • Satellite is launched

    United States launches their first satellite.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Trained exiles from Cuba land at the Bay of Pigs trying to overthrow it.

  • Vietnam Bombing

    The United States bombs North Vietnam for the first time.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Dies

    Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated.

  • Nixon becomes President

    Nixon gets reelected when he beats Senator George McGovern.