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Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States for his second term -
The phrase “under God” is added into the pledge of allegiance
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Rosa parks refuses to move to the back of the bus when prompted to and is subsequently arrested. This event kicks off the Montgomery bus boycott -
3 year sustained bombing campaign conducted by the United States against North Vietnam. More bombs were dropped during this bombing campaign than all of the bombs dropped by the allies and axis in World War 2 combined. -
The District Court ruled 2-1, with Lynne dissenting, that bus segregation is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment -
Authorized 25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways -
Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. This doctrine is very much an extension of Truman’s doctrine -
First U.S. Supreme Court ruling to deal with homosexuality and the first to address free speech rights with respect to homosexuality. -
First American satellite launched into orbit -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is formed -
Alaska admitted as the 49th state -
Hawaii admitted as 50th state -
John F. Kennedy inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States -
A month long confrontation between the US and Soviet Union which escalated into an international crisis when the US had put missiles in Turkey so the Soviets had tried to put missiles in Cuba -
While traveling in a presidential motorcade, John F. Kennedy is shot and killed -
Lyndon B. Johnson assumes the office as the 36th President of the United States -
Incident in where North Vietnamese allegedly torpedoed US warships. This incident kicked off us involvement in Vietnam -
Civil rights leader Marin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed -
Richard Nixon inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States -
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon -
Richard Nixon resigns over the Watergate scandal