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in Boston eleven masked bandits steal 2.8 million dollars
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this is when the korean war began, conflict between the north and the south
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the North, South, United States and the republic of China signs an armistist
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the CIA helps to overthrow Irans government
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the first color tv went on sale
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the first large scale vaccination of Polio was made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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racial segregation in schools became unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court
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the warsaw pact was formed
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an African American seamstress, srefuses to give up her bus seat to a white man.
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the two major labor unions, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge
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Dan Larsen throws the first no hitter for the new york yankees
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the first us satellite was a failed attempt, when it blew up on the launch pad
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Alaska is introduced to the united states as the 49th state
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the first stock car race was held at Daytona
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NASA selected seven pilots to be a part of the Mercury Seven
