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Brink robbery
eleven masked people stole 2.8 million -
population of over 150 million
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of conspiracy of wartime espionage
30 years in prison -
the first hydrogen bomb named mike is exploded
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president elects eisnehower to go to korea and end conflict
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Fighting ceases in the Korean War
an armistice was signed to stop war -
The United States CIA helps in the overthrow of the government in Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlazi goes to throne -
first colored tv
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the first large scale vaccination for polio is released
it begins in Pittsburgh Pensylvania -
Joseph Mcarthy begin televised court hearings for his alleged communist influence
he was latered condemned for his conduct -
Rosa Parks, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
led to bus laws were unconstitutional -
The first transatlantic telephone cable began operation
first telephone cable -
Dan Larsen pitches the first no-hitter
FIRST NO HITTER in baseball history -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
is inaugurated for second term -
The first attempt by the United States to launch a satellite into space fails
exploded on te launch pad
