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U.S. sends troops to Korea.
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The Korean War begins.
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He is the first to use the term "rock 'n' roll" on the air.
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He is elected president.
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U.S. explodes the first hydrogen bomb.
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed as spies.
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Participants in the Korean War agree on cease-fire.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy alleges Communist involvement in U.S. Army.
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French are defeated in Vietnam.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka outlaws school segregation.
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Eisenhower is reelected.
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Soviets crush uprising in Hungary.
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The Soviets launch Sputnik.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established.
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They become the 49th and 50th states.
