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She was a famous singer at 16. She toured with the Les Brown Band and made her first movie in 1948.
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Harry S Truman became U.S. President when President Roosevelt died in 1945. He made the decision to drop the atom bomb.
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The Hydrogen Bomb was developed under the guidance of Dr. William Teller. It was many times more powerful than an Atomic Bomb.
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Marlon Brando became a top movie actor. He was known for his brooding and mumbling acting style. He was awarded an Academy Award for his role in "On the Waterfront" that brought him to be a top box-office draw.
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Albert Einstein made up the Theory of Relativity in 1903 and was considered one the world's smartest scientists.
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Nikita Khrushchev emerged as a leader in the Soviet Union after the death of dictator Josef Stalin. In 1956, he put in a reform and indirectly criticized Stalin and his methods.
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Actress Grace Kelly left Hollywood to marry Prince Ranier of Monaco. She went by Princess Grace.
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Nine African-American students came into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Governor Faubus tolded the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine students from entering the school, because he believed black and whites should be segregated
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Begin was Prime Minister of Israel.
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Palestinians debated unfair treatment by the Israelis.
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The Wheel of Fortune TV show became popular.
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Many veterans of the Vietnam conflict became homeless. A major problem with them was drug addiction or alcoholism.
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A New Yorker on the subway, when American youths approached Goetz and demanded $5 from him. He pulled out a gun and shot all four. Then he shot one of the youths again, as he lay on the floor, severing the spinal cord and paralyzing him.
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After losing the election for President to John F. Kennedy in 1960 and then losing his bid to be Governor of California in 1962, former Vice President Richard Nixon fought back to return prominence in national politics.
