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The Korean War began This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf
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US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site
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Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK
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1st successful separation of Siamese twins
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Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
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LSD made illegal in US
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By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States
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Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
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FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR
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22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284
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The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
