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The baby boom stretched through the 50's, but officially started in 1946; a record of 3.4 million babies were born in the US.
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Frank McNamara thought of a way that citizens could use one card to purchase items from any store. His problem came up when a friend had borrowed money from him iin exchange for various cards that he could not use at the particular restaurant he was dining at one day.
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On this day, CBS aired the first color television episode. Unfortunatly, barely anyone could watch it because color TVs were not common.
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Formerly known as Automatic Binding Bricks, LEGOs became very well known in this year.
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Brown vs. Board of Education decided the complete abolishment of segregation.
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On this day, Disney opened for a couple thousand specially invited guests, and then to everyone else the following day. The parks it offered were Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land, Frontier Land, Adventure land, and Main Street.
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Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man, for this she was arrested and fined.
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Aboard Sputnik 2, Laika survived the launch into space. Unfortunatly, a return route was not planned out, so she died in space. This sparked animal rights debates.
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By the late 1950's, 90% of american homes had a TV in it.
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British artist, Gerard Holtom created it with different intentions, but it is today used as a universal symbol of peace.
