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First Modern Credit Card Introduced
Though the concept of credit has existed longer even than money, it wasn't until 1950 that the modern credit card was invented. -
U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
On this day in History, Truman announces development of H-bomb on Jan 31, 1950. -
Joseph McCarthy
The 1950 events sharply increased the sense of threat from Communism in the U.S. Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957 -
Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred card-carrying communists had infiltrated the United States government. -
First successful kidney transplant performed
First successful kidney transplant performed. he kidney was the first such organ to be successfully transplanted. -
The korean war
A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The war began in 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
The very first Peanuts comic strip
The very first Peanuts comic strip, written by Charles M. Schulz, appeared in seven newspapers on October 2, 1950. -
Color TV Introduced
The introduction of GE's relatively compact and lightweight Porta-Color set in the spring of 1966 made watching color television a more flexible and convenient ... -
Ku Klux Klan
Christmas Eve bombing of the home of NAACP. KKK is a secret organization in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired powers of blacks and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist.After his parole he became a leader of The Nation of Islam. -
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till's Murder
A 14-year-old African American teenager was brutally murdered by white men while visiting relatives in Mississippi.Till's murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the African-American Civil Rights Movement -
Vietnam War
Was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The U.S. government involved in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He led the Montgomery bus Boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat
Rosa Parks, 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.
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Suez Crisis
Was a diplomatic and military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations playing major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) -
The Space Race
It was a competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to be the first to get to Space. -
The "Little Rock Nine"
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School.he Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was drafted into the Army. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King". -
The Beatles, Debut
The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. -
Jimi Hendrix
After law enforcement authorities had twice caught Hendrix riding in stolen cars, he was given a choice between spending time in prison or serving in the US military: he chose the latter and enlisted in the Army. -
The Berlin Wall
Was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missile crisis definition. A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war. -
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace, Jr. was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. He took the oath of office to be Governor of Alabama on this day. -
Integration in University of Alabama
A federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James Hood during its summer session. -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
"Kennedy assassination" redirects here. For the assassination of John's brother Robert, see Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President. Succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. -
Nike
The company was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. -
War Protest
Vietnam war Protest began small but in 1965 it gained national Prominence. On this day it was organized by professors against the war at the University of Michigan -
Malcolm X assasination
After leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assasinated by three of the group. On February 21, 1965, one week after his home was firebombed, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Civil Rights Movement
The first March from Selma to Montgomery was held on this day. Also known as "Bloody Sunday" — when 600 marchers, protesting the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and ongoing exclusion from the electoral process, were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. -
Hippie Culture
They made their way to Northern California this year. The Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States. -
My Lai Massacre
he My Lai Massacre was a horrific and violent event. It was where American troops in Vietnem killed majority of the civilians in My Lai, South Vietnam. As many as 500 people were killed. -
Assasination of Robert F. Kennedy
Was killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was 40 years ago today, in the midst of a tumultuous election year, that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Robert Kennedy was shot in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel. In the days that followed, The Post editorial board tried to make sense of his shooting and his legacy. -
Woodstock, 1969
Woodstock definition. A village in New York state, where some 400,000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival. Note: The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s. -
Disco Music
Disco is a genre of music containing elements of funk, soul, pop, salsa and psychedelic that was most popular in the mid and late 1970s, though it has since enjoyed brief resurgences -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Ping-pong diplomacy (Chinese: 乒乓外交 Pīngpāng wàijiāo) refers to the exchange of table tennis (ping-pong) players between the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC) in the early 1970s. The event marked a thaw in Sino-American relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon. -
Richard Nixon/ Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement ... -
Vietnam War Ends
The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (see Vietnam War casualties). -
Nike
The company changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike, Inc. -
Jimmy Cater
In the third mile of a tough 6.2-mile race through the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland, Jimmy Carter suffered from heat exhaustion. -
Jimmy Carter/ Iran hostage crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days, after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. -
Ronald Reagan/ Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents -
HIV/ AIDS
First case of AIDS was found in San Francisco. Started because of the Hippie Movement. it is Also called: human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A chronic immune system disease caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Mainly spreads by sexual contact -
John Lennon's Murder
He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived, The Dakota, in New York City. -
HIV/ AIDS first death
First person to die because of AIDS was in New York. -
Assassination Attempt of Ronald Reagan
It happened 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. While leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr. -
Cold War
Reagan's anti-communist position had developed into a stance known as the new Reagan Doctrine which, in addition to containment, formulated an additional right to subvert existing communist governments. -
Technoligical Advances
The World Wide Web or internet is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Whch was made on this day.
