Computing Industrial Era 1955-1975 By texkatgirl Mar 28, 1955 Commissioner v Glenshaw Glass Company Apr 12, 1955 Polio Vaccine Approved Jul 18, 1955 The Geneva Summit Oct 1, 1955 The First Meeting of the Daughter of Bilitis Nov 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is Arrested Nov 5, 1955 Racial Segregation is Forbidden on Trains and Buses Dec 5, 1955 AFL-CIO is Merged Jan 8, 1956 Operation Auca Mar 12, 1956 Signing of the Southern Manifest Jun 4, 1956 The Addition of Under God is Added To The Pledge of Allegiance Jun 29, 1956 The Federal Aid Highway Act Nov 6, 1956 The Election of 1956 Nov 13, 1956 Browder v Gayle Jan 2, 1957 The Pacific Coast Stock Exchange Feb 4, 1957 The First Nuclear Powered Submarine - USS Nautilus Mar 7, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Jan 3, 1958 Alaska is Admitted as a State Jan 13, 1958 One Inc, V Olesen Jan 18, 1958 Battle of Hayes Pond Jan 31, 1958 Launching of Explorer 1 Feb 5, 1958 Launching of Tybee Bomb Jul 7, 1958 The First Hula Hoop Jul 15, 1958 Steel Strike of 1959 Jul 29, 1958 NASA is Created Aug 27, 1958 Operation Argus Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii is Admitted as a State Dec 1, 1959 Antarctic Treaty Jan 19, 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Mar 6, 1960 The Vietnam War Apr 1, 1960 United States Census - 1960 May 6, 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1960 Nov 8, 1960 The Election of 1960 Dec 5, 1960 Boynton v Virginia Apr 17, 1961 The Bay of Pigs Invasion Feb 3, 1962 United States Embargo on Cuba Mar 26, 1962 Baker V Carr Jun 25, 1962 Engel V Vitale Mar 18, 1963 Gideon V Wainwright Jun 4, 1963 Kennedy Signs Executive Order 11110 Jul 1, 1963 Zip Codes are Introduced in the US Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Delivers "I Have A Dream Speech" Nov 22, 1963 President Kennedy Assassinated Feb 17, 1964 Wesberry V Sanders Nov 3, 1964 The Election of 1964 Jun 30, 1966 NOW is Founded May 25, 1967 The 25th Amendment is Added Jun 12, 1967 Loving v Virginia Jun 13, 1967 The First African American Justice - Thurgood Marshall Oct 27, 1967 March on The Pentagon Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King is Murdered Nov 5, 1968 The Election of 1968 Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong Walks on The Moon May 20, 1970 Marcie Powell Voglino is born Jun 30, 1971 Pentagon Papers Published Jun 23, 1972 The Watergate Scandal Jun 29, 1972 Furman V Georgia Nov 7, 1972 The Election of 1972 Jan 22, 1973 Roe V Wade Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accords Feb 11, 1973 American Prisoners are Released from Vietnam Apr 3, 1973 The First Handheld Cell Phone Apr 4, 1973 The World Trade Center Opens Jul 1, 1973 The DEA is Founded Aug 15, 1973 US Ends Bombing in Cambodia Sep 20, 1973 The Battle of The Sexes Dec 28, 1973 The Endangered Species Act Aug 8, 1974 President Nixon Resigns Apr 30, 1975 The Fall of Saigon