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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan.
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WWII offically ended after six years of battle causing over 420,000 deaths for the United States.
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becomes the first woman of color to be a member of the US All-American Track and Field Team.
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Winston Churchill gives “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri, tensions rise between United States and Soviet Union
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With the polio epidemic during the 1940s and 1950s, physical therapists were in greater demand than ever before.
The American Physiotherapy Association’s membership swelled to 3,000 by 1946, and the number of physical therapy education programs across the United States increased from 16 to 39. -
The House of Dior came out with the "New Look" that was very popular with the women. This clothing consisted of below-mid-calf length, full-skirt, pointed bust, small waist, and rounded shoulder line dresses.
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becomes the first African-American— male or female—to play in a major United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) event.
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In the early and mid- 1950's, physical educators sought to employ more strictly the "structural analysis or implications techniques" for the analysis of different phlosophies on physical education
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During the 1950’s in the USA, Christianity and sport started to reengage again because the appeal of sport meant that the aims of attracting a crowd at Christian youth revivals could
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By 1950, there were over 400 United States colleges and universities offering majors in physical education
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named “Women Athlete of the Half Century”
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Protestant evangelicas began to recognize sports as a cultural vehicle to proselytize
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CBS broadcasted the very first commercial color TV program, though nealry no one could watch it on their black-and-white televisions.
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The best selling book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White came out
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A.S. Douglas created first graphical computer game,Noughts And Crosses, a tic-tac-toe game.
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Patricia McCormick from Big Spring, TX, becomes the first North American woman bullfighter on Jan. 20 in Juarez, Mexico. 1952
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begins for women, with the USA women's basketball team winning the gold medal in the World Championships.
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Kraus-Hirschland published an article entitled “Muscular Fitness and Health”
- Compared European and American children on fitness
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Founded in 1954, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life.
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sepreme court case in which a team of NAACP attorneys challenged the courts in the legality of segregation in public education
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.August 16, 1954 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published.
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The hit song "Rock around the clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets came out.
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Kentucky loses after 130 home basketball game win streak
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by a young Martin Luther King had began, which lasted until Decemeber 20,1956
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1956-President Eisenhower formed President’s Council on Youth Fitness
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Nation celebrates its first “Presidential Fitness Week”
