HSB The Good Ol' Days

By podakota

  • Robbery in Boston

    Robbery in Boston
    The Brinks robbery in Boston occurs when eleven masked bandits steal $2.8 million from an armored car outside their express office

  • korean war

    korean war
    June 25, 1950 - The Korean War begins its three year conflict when troops of North Korea, backed with Soviet weaponry, invade South Korea. This act leads to U.S. involvement when two days later, the United States Air Force and Navy are ordered by President Truman to the peninsula. On June 30, ground forces and air strikes are approved against North Korea.

  • Us Steel Mills

    Us Steel Mills
    April 8, 1952 - President Truman authorizes the seizure of United States steel mills in order to avert a strike, but his action is ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 2.

  • Hydgrogen Bomb

    Hydgrogen Bomb
    November 1, 1952 - At Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the first hydrogen bomb, named Mike, is exploded.

  • Train vietnamese

    Train vietnamese
    February 12, 1955 - The United States government agrees to train South Vietnamese troops.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court.

  • AFL-CIO

    AFL-CIO
    December 5, 1955 - The two largest American labor unions, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, merge to form the AFL-CIO, boasting membership of fifteen million.

  • Transatantic telephone

    Transatantic telephone
    September 25, 1956 - The first transatlantic telephone cable begins operation.

  • major worlds fair

    major worlds fair
    April 17, 1958 - The first major world's fair since the end of World War II opens in Brussels, Belgium and evokes a Cold War debate between the pavilions of the Soviet Union and the United States. Their competing visions of the world vie for the attention of the over 41 million visitors to the event, also noted for the Atomium atom molecular structure that stood as the fair's theme. The expo, sanctioned by the Bureau of International Exhibitions, closed on October 19, 1958.

  • Alaska

    Alaska
    January 3, 1959 - Alaska is admitted to the United States as the 49th state to be followed on August 21 by Hawaii.