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Period: to
Korean War
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Color TV Introduced and First National TV broadcast
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William Levitt takes over Levitt & Sons
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Period: to
Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Joseph Stalin Dies
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for espionage
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Warsaw Pact Signed
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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McDonald's Corporation Founded
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International Highway Act signed into law
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Eisenhower Doctrine adopted
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Launch of Sputnik