Postmodernism Timeline By dtaylor2019 Feb 19, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Jul 4, 1946 Philippines given indolence by US Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine announced to Congress Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson breaks barrier against colored players in Major League Baseball Apr 4, 1949 North American Treaty Organization founded Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Nov 4, 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president Dec 30, 1953 First color television goes on sale Feb 23, 1954 First big polio vaccination against polio May 17, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education May 31, 1955 Integration of deliberate speeds in school incorporated Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white male on a bus Jun 29, 1956 Signing of Federal Aid Highway Act Sep 25, 1956 Operation of First Transatlantic Telephone began Jan 20, 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated for a second time in office Jan 3, 1959 Alaska admitted as the 49th State Feb 22, 1959 Daytona 500 stock race runs for the first time Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii admitted as the 50th state Apr 1, 1960 First weather satellite is launched by the US Jul 11, 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird released Sep 4, 1960 50 star flag of the United States is debuted in Philadelphia Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Mar 25, 1965 Martin Luther King speaks at Civil Rights Rally Jan 15, 1967 First Super Bowl held in Los Angeles Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated Oct 1, 1971 Walt Disney World Opens in Orlando, Florida Jan 1, 1975 Watergate cover up files are completed, all found guilty Jan 6, 1975 First premier of Wheel of Fortune May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupts in Washington State Nov 4, 1980 Ronald Regan wins election of 1980 Oct 19, 1987 Stock Market Crash known as Black Monday occurs Nov 8, 1988 George Herbert Walker Bush wins election of 1988 Feb 26, 1993 World Trade Center Bombed Sep 11, 2001 World Trade Center Bombed Oct 24, 2005 Civil Activist, Rosa Parks dies Nov 4, 2008 Barack Obama wins election of 2008 May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden is finally killed Nov 6, 2012 Barack Obama wins election of 2012 Nov 8, 2016 Donald Trumps wins election of 2016
