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Bell labs announces the 1st solar battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and giver her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama.
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IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st computer with a hard drive, weighs over a ton.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools.
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Mao Zedong starts "Great Leap Forward" movement in China.
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US Supreme Court orders Little Rock Central High School to integrate.
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Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista.
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Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, & Venezuela form Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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After a 4 1/2 year trial, Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria.
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Cuban Missile Crisis and US blockade of Cuba begins.
