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Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis
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Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat on a public bus in Montgomery and effectively incited a revolution
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signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957
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The space race begins when Russia launches the first mission to space
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NASA was formed, creating the main spearhead for American space exploration
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Alaska was bought by the USA from Russia and Hawaii became the only U.S. state located outside North America
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling through Dallas, Texas.
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Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin land on the moon
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The 26th Amendment is ratified officially allowing 18-year-olds to vote
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800 miles of pipeline that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska. created for transportation of oil
