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On this day Puerto Rico becomes an American commonwealth.
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America detonated the first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok in the Marshall islands.
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Eisenhower becomes inaugurated at the 34th president.
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Julius and Ethel are executed because they were caught telling the soviets secret information about the atomic weapons.
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On this day America sent its first satellite into orbit.
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Alaska becomes the 49th state of the United states of America.
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Hawaii becomes the 50 state to join the United States of America.
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The civil rights act is signed by president Johnson.