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mccarthyism
•Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt.He accussed people of being communist spies, capitolizing on the publics fear. -
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timespan 50's-90's
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korean war begins
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Playboy
•First Playboy Magazine was released.•Joseph Stalin Dies -
atomic submarine
•First Atomic Submarine Launched -
cancer sticks
Reporter says ciggarettes cause cancer -
mcdonald's
•McDonald's Corporation Founded. •Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus. -
Krushchev
krushchev denounces stalin -
Sputnik
soviets launched sputnik space age -
Soviet space dog
laika becomes become the first animal in orbit. -
hula hoop's become popular
•Hula Hoops Become Popular.LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced. -
nasa created
NASA created -
LEGO
LEGO blocls introduced for the first time -
FDA approves Birth control
Birth control pills approved by FDA -
lazer warz :D
lazers invented -
Chilean earth quake
Most Powerful earthquake ever hits Chile -
Bay of pigs failure
Bay of pigs invasion -
soviet tsar bomb
tsar bomba Largest nuclear bomb ever exploded -
bay of pigs
Bay of Pigs Invasion -
Missle crisis
the Cuban missle crisis -
marlinyn monroe
marilyn monroe found dead -
Wal-mart
First wal-mart opened -
u.s.s.r and u.s.a hotline
"Hotline" established between U.S.A and U.S.S.R -
JFK killed
JFK Assassinated -
"I have a dream"
Martin Luther king give the "i have a dream" speech. -
six day war
Six-Day War in the Middle East -
MLK killed
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated -
Woodstock
Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock -
Beatles break up
Beatles Break Up -
watergate
Watergate Scandal Begins
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Veitnam pullout
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam -
Nixon resigns
U.S. President Nixon Resigns -
Elvis dies
Elvis Found Dead -
tar wars =D
Star Wars Movie Released -
Nuclear accident
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island -
St .Helens erupts
Mount St. Helens Erupts -
Reagan shoot
Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan -
THILLER THILLER NIGHT!
Michael Jackson Releases Thriller -
Glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika -
Famine
Famine in Ethiopia -
DNA used for the law
DNA First Used to Convict Criminals