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The USS Nautiluses is commission as the first Nuclear powered submarine
With WW2 at an end, America had to find a use for Nuclear energy some how, so to use nuclear power for good, they created the first Nuclear powered submarine. -
Browder vs Gayle case
On November 13, 1956, the Browder v Gayle case was filed, which was significant mainly because of the segregation that black people faced on Alabama buses. It ended with segregation being removed from buses entirely. -
The Soviet Union Launch their first ICBM
On May 15, 1957, the Union launch the first ICBM, or intercontinental ballistic missile, to test. This would be revolutionary in combat mainly due it being launched from ground instead of dropped from a plane. The missile would be able to travel 3,700 miles and hit targets from long distance. Even though it was a successful launch, it crashed 250 miles from where it was launched. -
Dwight D Eisenhower is elected as the 34th president
On January 20, 1953, Eisenhower is elected to become the president of the United States. Is term would end on January 20, 1961. He was best known for being a Five star general and leading the allied invasion of North Africa during WW2. He would also be known for signing the Civil Rights Law in 1957. -
The Berlin Wall
On August of 1961, Russia constructs the Berlin Wall, which divided both east and west Berlin. Since the Cold War had begin. the reason behind the building of it was to keep east Berlin citizens in, who were soviet controlled, away from west Berlin, who was controlled by western allies. Any attempts to try and escape was met with either imprisonment or execution. -
Richard Nixon is elected as the 37th president
On January 20, 1969, Nixon ran against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace for presidency and narrowly winning the role, in a close contest. What made this just a good moment was that he ran for president once in 1960 against JFK and lost, and he ran for governor in California in 1962 and also lost. -
Eisenhower's Death
On March 28, 1969, former president and five star general Dwight Eisenhower passes at the age of 78, due to heart problems. -
The Vietnam war comes to an end
One of the most famous wars, and by some pointless, comes to an end. America and south Vietnam ended up losing the war with north Vietnam forces, under the influence of the Soviet Union and china, won when tanks and forces stormed the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon.