The Postmodernism Period By Lauren pepping 1945 US GRANTS INDEPENDENCE TO THE PHILIPPINES 1945 POSTWAR/POSTMODERNISM 1945-PRESENT 1949 ARTHUR MILLER'S DEATH OF A SALESMAN IS FIRST PRODUCED 1952 RALPH ELLISON PUBLISHES INVISIBLE MAN 1954 SUPREME COURT RULES PUBLIC SCHOOL SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL 1955 FLANNERY O'CONNOR PUBLISHES A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND 1959 ALASKA AND HAWAII ADMITTED TO UNION TO BECOME THE 49TH AND 50TH STATE OF THE US 1961 JOSEPH HELLER PUBLISHES CATCH-22 1962 RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING SPURS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT 1963 J.F.K. ASSASINATED IN DALLAS 1966 SYLVIA PLATH PUBLISHES ARIEL, HER LAST COLLECTION OF POEMS 1968 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS MURDERED IN MEMPHIS 1969 ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG BECOMES FIRST MAN TO WALK ON MOON 1973 PEACE PACT SIGNED 1980 RONALD REAGON ELECTED PRESIDENT 1982 VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON D.C. 1987 INF TREATY SIGNED BETWEEN US AND SOVIET UNION BANNING SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE NUCLEAR MISSILES 1988 GEORGE BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT 1990 CONGRESS PASSES THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1992 BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT 1993 TONI MORRISON WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 1995 ANY TAN PUBLISHES THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES 1996 SUMMER OLYPIC GAMES HELD IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA 1997 FRANK MCCOURT RECEIVES PULITZER PRIZE 2000 GEORGE W. BUSH DEFEATS AL GORE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2001 WRITER EUDORA WELTY DIES 2001 ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 HIJACKED PLANES CRASH INTO 3 SITES IN THE US 2004 GEORGE W. BUSH REELECTED
