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The Decade of the 1950s to 2000s
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Edmund Hillary's and Tenzing Norgay's Everest Expidition
At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. It took them seven weeks to reach the summit. For a while, Mount Everest seemed to be unclimbable by some people and the ultimate climbing challenge. -
Korean War Ends
After three years, the Korean War finally ended in 1953. The War began when North Korea invaded South Korea immediately US secured a resolution from the UN. After a while, the war bogged down to a battle of attrition. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected to be our president and publically dropped hints that he might use nuclear weapons -
Minimum Wage Set in Standard
Finally, we did not have to sit on our butts; we could finally get a job and get some money out of it. In 1956 the minimum wage was set at $1 per hour. -
Elvis's Jailhouse Rock
Rock & Roll is a popular genre of music. It really evolved in the United States through the late 1940’s to the early 1950’s. Rock and Roll is a mixture of different genres that are including blues, jump blues, jazz, gospel music, western swing, and country music. Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock was released in 1957 as a prime example of what Rock & Roll was back in the 50s and went to the top in the music charts for weeks. -
Sputnik 1
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JFK Gives Man on the Moon Speech
“President John F. Kennedy delivered this speech, "Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs," on May 25, 1961 before a joint session of Congress. In this speech, JFK stated that the United States should set as a goal the "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the decade.” (history1900s.about.com) -
First Wal-Mart Opens
Sam Walton was the founder of Wal-Mart. This company is the world’s third largest public corporation. Wal-Mart remains a family owned business by the Walton family. Wal-Mart has over 2 million employees. -
Marilyn Monroe Found Dead
On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died in her Los Angeles home. She was only 36 years old and they found a bottle of sleeping pills right next to her bed. Conspiracies over the years made people think that she was murdered, but her death was ruled a drug overdose. -
Malcolm X Assassination
African American rights leader and religious leader Malcolm Little, or Malcom X was killed in New York City. Malcum is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing African Americna Unity in the United States. -
Sesame Street First Airs
It aried on May 10, 1969. Sesame Street is the longest running children’s program. Joan Granz Cooney and Lloyd Morriset created Sesame Street. Sesame Street is known for its educational content and creativity using Jim Henderson’s Muppets. -
Roe vs. Wade
Latter would lead to abortion becomeing leaglaized in America. Roe Vs. Wade delt with abortion. It was over the legalization on Abortion. This went all the way to surpreme court and the verdict was decided that it is their decision -
Sears Tower Completed
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Microsoft Founded
With Bill Gates as the founder, Microsoft was finally on its way to becoming a multi-billion corporation. Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, Microsoft today is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. -
Star Wars Released
On its release in America, Star Wars immedately became popular and proved that types of movies similar would forever be popular and be a huge blockbuster succsess. -
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
This Nuclear Accident began on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 around 4 a.m. The plant experiences a failure in the secondary, non-nuclear section of the plant. The nuclear reactor did not have the proper water flow thus having the nuclear fuel overheat. -
Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt
It was March 30, 1981; John Hinckley Jr. opened fire on Ronald Reagan just outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan was hit by just one bullet that punctured his lung. Other bullets shot Press Secretary James Brady in the head and a police officer Tom Delahanty in the neck. -
Assassination Attempt on Pope John Paul II
In Saint Peter's Square, 1981, Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca took an attempt to kill the Pope, John Paul II. In a crowd of around 20,000 the Pope was shot three times and two more people were injured. Agca was arrested and John Paul II was rushed out of the car to a nearby hospital. After a six hour long surgery he survived and made a miraculous recovery. -
U.S.A. Bombing on Libya
Libya was bombed by more than 100 U.S. forces on April 14, 1986 due to Libya’s support of terrorism on the U.S. Five terrorists centers were struck. The Headquarters of Mummar al-Qadda fi, Libyan leader, were destroyed as well. -
Chernobyl Power Plant Accident
The Chernobyl accident happened in 1986. It was the result of a flawed design that was operated with inadequately trained personal. 30 people died, two plant workers and 28 people from acute radiation poising -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall isolated many in Germany, epically in the East. The borders where now finally open since the wall was completed in the 1960s. -
Hubble Telescope Launched
NASA sent The Hubble Telescope into space in the 1990s and it has been one of the longest active satellites ever with a run time of about 23 years. Hubble has taken many photographs of outer space. -
Operation Desert Storm Starts
Operation Dessert Strom ends about a month later in February. The Operation took place in the Gulf War when Saddam Hussein and his men invaded smaller countries. -
Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela was born July 18 1918. Nelson Mandela, black nationalist and South Africa’s first black president. He got the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts with segregation. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
168 people died in a terrorist bombing at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. McVeigh was arrested for the crime being found around 90 minutes after the explosions went off. -
JFK Jr. Plane Accident
Near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts on July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Lauren Bessette die when the small plane that Kennedy was piloting plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean. They all died upon impact. On July 22 their bodies that were found where cremated and a serve was held. -
Hurricane Katrina Reaches U.S. Gulf Coast
Towns are completely wipped as Katrina weaved its way trhough Lousiana and Mississipi. 1,800 were killed an millions other now became homeless. -
Virginia Tech Massacre
Blacksburg, Virginia on the day of April 16, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at the university, went to and killed 32 people including staff and peers as well as another 17 wounded. Cho was reported to be mentally unstable, and his classmates mistreated him as the story went. -
Barack Obama Elected President of the United States
Barack Hussein Obama, being American, is elected as the 44th president of the United States. Obama became the first black president in history. -
Gulf Oil Spill
The Gulf Spill was caused by an explosion and subsequent fire that damaged a deepwater drilling platform 50 miles southeast of Venice, La. The rig capsized and sank on April 22, 2010, after burning for hours -
Bin Laden's Death Told to the Public
Around 12:00 pm the internet and television exploded to find out that Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 had gone on a daring attack and had killed Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, the man who responsible for many terrorist attacks against the United States of America around a couple hours prior.
