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The polio vaccine was declared safe and effective.
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club aired with a talented cast of Mouseketeers who sang and danced in this variety show.
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Rosa Parks, an African American women, refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus and was arrested which ultimately led to banning segregation on public transportation.
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Rock 'n' Roll legend, Elvis Presley, made the Billboard Charts 11 times beginning with "Heartbreak Hotel."
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Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act to construct of a 41,000 mile interstate highway https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Federal_Highway_Act.htm#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201956%2C%20the,Interstate%20and%20Defense%20Highways%20Act).&text=The%20authorization%20to%20build%2041%2C000,works%20program%20to%20that%20time.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson for the second time in a landslide victory.
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The Wham-O company spun out aerodynamic plastic discs called Frisbees which were inspired by college kids throwing empty pie plates. -
"American Bandstand" debuted on ABC featuring teens dancing to popular music with host Dick Clark.
https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/bandstand-performers-1957/ -
Arnold Palmer donnes the green jacket in Augusta, Georgia after winning his first Master's.
https://www.augusta.com/masters/story/history/1958-arnold-palmer-wins-amen-corner-born -
President Eisenhower signed a law of the National Aeronautics and Space Act after the congressional hearings.
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Hawaii became the 50th state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation in 1959.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/hawaii-enters-union-as-50th-state-aug-21-1959-789017 -
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the Sound of Music, premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York.
https://www.mylifetime.com/she-did-that/november-16-1959-the-sound-of-music-premiered-on-broadway -
John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35 president of the United States in spite of rumors of fraud and the youngest president at 43 years of age.
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The Peace Corps Act was signed by President John F. Kennedy to support developing countries. -
Astronaut John Glenn orbited the earth on the Mercury space capsule called Friendship 7.
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The Beverly Hillbillies debuted as a comedy about a patriarch getting rich off of oil discovered on his land and moving to Beverly Hills and turn the privileged society's world upside down. -
While campaigning in Texas, President John F. Kennedy was shot in the motorcade driving through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president -
The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin for employment and public places as well as school desegregation and voting rights.
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Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest man at age 35 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/facts/ -
A law was enacted to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-laws -
Batman starring Adam West debuted as the first full length television show based on a DC comics character.
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The Supreme Court overturned a conviction for Ernesto Miranda after he was arrested for kidnapping and rape and interrogated without legal representation.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-miranda-warning-is-born-47-years-ago-today -
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justice-oct-2-1967-228854 -
Jann Wenner of San Francisco created Rolling Stones magazine as a teenager's journalistic perspective on issues.
https://wncmusicacademy.com/rolling-stone-magazine-makes-debut-in-1967-november-9-2015/ -
Baptist Minister and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee which led to national mourning and anger.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination -
NASA's Apollo 11 was the first mission to land a human on the Moon as millions watched on television.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/moon-landing -
NASA's Apollo 13 mission ended in an oxygen tank explosion before it reached the moon and the astronauts had to return to earth sheltered in a lunar module. -
The Supreme Court lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxvi -
Walt Disney World Resort opened including Magic Kingdom Park.
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/this-day-in-history-walt-disney-world-resort-officially-opens-1971/#:~:text=On%20October%201%2C%201971%2C%20the,Disney's%20Fort%20Wilderness%20Resort%20%26%20Campground. -
The Watergate complex was the headquarters for Democratic National Committee and was broken into during the re-election campaign for President Richard Nixon. An investigation revealed incriminating evidence which led to his resignation.
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break -
Secretariat became the first horse to win a Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness, and the Kentucky Derby since Citation in 1948.
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George Lucas' nostalgic movie, American Graffiti, premiered on the big screen depicting 1960s teenage life.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/american-graffiti-review-1973-movie-1025744 -
President Richard Nixon turned in his letter of resignation to the Secretary of State after the revealing Watergate investigation.
https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=809 -
Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office for President of the United States following Nixon's resignation.
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Steven Spielberg's iconic cinema blockbuster Jaws scared a generation of moviegoers in the summer of 1975.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/31/jaws-40-years-on-truly-great-lasting-classics-of-america-cinema