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Mcarthyism
Second Red Scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the U.S. State Department of being filled with 205 Communists. -
Cinderella
Walt Disney releases his 12th animated film, Cinderella in Hollywood. Becomes big hit. -
The First Color Television Programs Aired
This first color program was a variety show simply called, "Premiere." The show featured such celebrities as Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore, Faye Emerson, Arthur Godfrey, Sam Levenson, Robert Alda, and Isabel Bigley -- many of whom hosted their own shows in the 1950s. -
Immigration and Naturalization Act
This restricted immigration into the U.S. and is codified under Title 8 of the United States Code. The Act governs primarily immigration to and citizenship in the United States -
Nuclear test
Nuclear testing: Operation Ivy: The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike", at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, with a yield of 10.4 megatons. -
The First Playboy Magazine
In December 1953, 27-year-old Hugh Hefner published the very first Playboy magazine. This first edition of Playboy was 44-pages long and had no date on its cover because Hefner wasn't sure there would be a second edition -
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
In the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by ruling that segregation was "inherently unequal." Although the Brown v. Board of Education was specifically for the field of education, the decision had a much broader scope. -
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. -
Peter pan
The 1954 Broadway musical version of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin, is presented on television for the first time by NBC (also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed on stage). The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics -
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, Illinois -
Disneyland Opens
Disneyland opened for a few thousand specially invited visitors; the following day, Disneyland officially opened to the public. Disneyland, located in Anaheim, California on what used to be a 160-acre orange orchard, cost $17 million to build. The original park included Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. -
Vietnam War Started
The U.S. government viewed American involvement in the war as a way to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. This was part of a wider containment strategy, with the stated aim of stopping the spread of communism. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat
a 42-year-old African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man while riding on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. For doing this, Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for breaking the laws of segregation. Rosa Parks' refusal to leave her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and is considered the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement. -
Sleeping Beauty Release
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and based on La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault and based also on Little Briar Rose by The Brothers Grimm. -
HIV
Earliest form of HIV(human immunodeficiency virus) was found in a man in Kinshasa. -
"I have a dream" speech by MLK
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.[1] -
President John F. Kennedy's Assassination
On November 22, 1963, the youth and idealism of America in the 1960s faltered as its young President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. -
MLKJ assasinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. -
The moon landing
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. -
MacDonald family massacre.
Jeffrey R. MacDonald kills his wife and children at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, claiming that drugged-out "hippies" did it. -
First Earth Day
The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. Making Earth Day a worldwide sensation. -
Voting was lowered to 18
On March 23, 1971 a proposal to extend the right to vote to citizens eighteen years of age and older was adopted by both houses of Congress and sent to the states for ratification. The amendment became part of the Constitution on July 1, 1971, three months and eight days after the amendment was submitted to the states for ratification, making this amendment the quickest to be ratified. -
Abortion was legalized in the United States.
Abortion was prohibited in 30 states and legal under certain circumstances (such as pregnancies resulting from rape or incest) in 20 states. The Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade invalidated all of these laws, and set guidelines for the availability of abortion. -
First president to resign
President Nixon was the first president to resign from office.Due to the Watergate Scandal. Also because of Watergate Scandal he was blamed for doing dirty work.People thought that he recorded and listened to peoples conversations.Which is why he resigned. -
largest tornado outbreaks in the world history
This day was recorded as one of the largest tornado outbreaks in the world history, when 148 tornadoes devastated 13 U.S. states, killing 330 people and injuring over 5,000. -
Microsoft was founded.
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. -
First computer
The world's first personal computer, the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. -
American Airlines Crashes
American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing 271 on board and 2 people on the ground. -
McDonalds new addition.
McDonald introduces the Happy Meal , become a choice favorites for kids everywhere. -
E.T. Movie Released
The movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was about a 10-year-old boy, Elliott (played by Henry Thomas), who befriended a little, lost alien. Elliott named the alien "E.T." and did his best to hide him from adults.The movie E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was a hit from the day it was released (June 11, 1982) and quickly became one of the most beloved movies of all time. -
Michael Jackson Releases Thriller
Michael Jackson released his album Thriller, which, in addition to the title track of the same name, included such popular singles as “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.” Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time and has sold over 104 million copies to date; 65 million of those copies were within the United States. -
Annie on broadway
The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, New York City -
CDC reports cases of AIDS in female sexual partners of males with AIDS.
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MJ does famous moon walk
Michael Jackson performs the dance move that will forever be known as the "moonwalk" at Motown 25. -
National missing childres day
National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan, exactly four years after Etan Patz's disappearance. -
Pepsi catches MJ on fire
Michael Jackson is filming a commercial for Pepsi when his hair catches on fire. Never hears the end of it. -
Kidnapping in the CIA
The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity. . -
McDonald shooting.
In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
At 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. As the world watched on TV, the Challenger soared into the sky and then, shockingly, exploded just 73 seconds after take-off. All seven members of the crew, including social studies teacher Sharon "Christa" McAuliffe, died in the disaster. -
little mermaid movie release.
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid tells the story of a beautiful mermaid who dreams of becoming human.
