The Eisenhower Years 1952-1960

  • Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman

  • Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

  • McDonald's Corporation Founded

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus

  • Disneyland Opens

  • Warsaw Pact Signed

  • James Dean Dies in Car Accident

  • Emmett Till Murdered

  • Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show

  • Suez Crisis

  • Federal Aid Highway Act

  • Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age

  • NASA Founded

  • Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba

  • First Televised Presidential Debates

  • The Birth Control Pill Is Approved by the FDA