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Harry Truman
Harry Truman wins Presidential election of 1948 ruining the poll predictions. -
Red China Communists
Red China(peoples republic of China) falls under the communist leader by Mao Zedong. -
Rosenbergs
The first U.S citizens caught and convicted with spying for the Soviet Union. -
England has a new queen.
Queen Elizabeth the ll becomes queen after her father King George the lV passes away and is now the longest raining monarch for England. -
Joe McCarthy
He was the senator that decided to investigate for communists in the American government. -
Panmujom
There was a cease fire between North and South Korea at this location during the Korean war. -
Campanella
Roy Campanella was the first person of color added to the minor league of baseball and played for the dodgers. -
"Rock Around the Clock"
The song Rock around the clock(song by Bill Haley & his comets) was the first rock n roll record heard and loved by millions sparking the start and gaining popularity of Rock n Roll. -
Dien Bien Phu falls.
The battle of Dien Bien Phu was a battle between The french and Viet Minh to try and gain control of a small mountain outpost near the border between Vietnam and Laos. The french would lose this battle. -
Disneyland
The infamous Disneyland was opened in Anaheim,California after being built under Walt Disney's instruction and supervision. The park still loved and visited by millions of people every year. -
Alabama
This year in Alabama was when the Montgomery Bus boycott was started after a African American women named Rosa parks refused to give up her seat for a white person. African Americans living in Montgomery decided to then Boycott the segregated bus seating by refusing to ride city buses. -
Trouble in the Suez
The Suez crisis(also known as the second Arab-Israeli war) was the invasion of Egypt by Israel,followed by the United kingdom and France. -
Little rock
This year in Arkansas nine African American students were chosen to be allowed to go to Central High school(a all white school). This event and many others would help push the civil rights movement forward. -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first Earth Satellite. It was sent into space by the USSR. -
California Baseball.
This is the year millions of New York fans hearts broke as the Dodgers and Giants decided to head west to California. -
Hula Hoops
On this date in 1959 Arthur Melin sent in his version of the hula hoop. This would later be a success,20 million hula hoops being sold. -
Space Monkey
This is the year the United states succeeded in sending a Monkey into space and bringing it back alive. -
U2
The U2 was an American spy plane that was used to try and get information from Russia but was then shot down by Russia's air defenses. -
Bay of pigs invasion
The Bay of pigs invasion was a failed landing by the United States on the Southwestern coast of Cuba. It was an attempt to get Fidel Castro out of power. -
Ole Miss
The Ole miss riot was the riot against the Enrollment of James Meredith,a African American man at the University of Mississippi. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X gave a speech at The University of California(Berkeley) about racism and in this speech he outlined the philosophy of black nationalism. -
Birth Control
This year is when the supreme court ruled birth control legal for married women. -
Woodstock
Woodstock was a Three day music festival that was held on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Half a million people showed up and only two people died,both accidental.. -
Ayatollahs in Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini a Muslim religious leader finally returns to iran after being exiled for 14 years. -
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride on this day in 1983 became the first American woman to fly into space. -
Crack
The national Crack epidemic hit all of the US's major cities causing a huge crisis. -
Chinas under martial law
During the Tiananmen square protests in Beijing the PLA(chinese peoples liberation army)played a huge role in enforcing martial law and upholding the Chinese communists parties athority.