The Twist By CharChar Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Dec 31, 1976 The Twist Apr 12, 1955 I- Vaccine for Polio made Public Apr 15, 1955 E- McDonalds Founded Aug 12, 1955 E- Minimum Wage Act Dec 1, 1955 S- Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up her Seat Mar 12, 1957 E- Dr. Seuss Publishes Cat in the Hat Dec 18, 1957 I- First Nuclear Power Plant Jan 31, 1958 I- First U.S. Satellite orbits earth Feb 21, 1958 I- Peace Symbol Created Jul 29, 1958 E- NASA Founded Jan 3, 1959 E- Alaska Becomes a State Aug 21, 1959 E- Hawaii Becomes a State Feb 1, 1960 S- First Sit-In Protests Apr 15, 1960 S- SNCC Founded May 16, 1960 I- First Laser Demonstrated Aug 25, 1960 S- Olypic Games held in Rome Sep 26, 1960 P-First TV Presidential Debate May 4, 1961 S- Freedom Rides Begin Dec 1, 1961 E- U.S. Buildup begins Aug 5, 1962 S- Marilyn Monroe Dies Sep 1, 1962 E- Silent Spring Book Punblished Dec 2, 1962 E- U.S. Aid to Saigon Wasted Mar 22, 1963 I- Beatles release first album Apr 21, 1963 I- First artificial Heart Implanted Aug 28, 1963 I- "I Have a Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 P-Kennedy Assissinated Jul 2, 1964 P-Civil Rights Act Jul 2, 1964 P- First Civil Rights Bill passed to stop Racial Discrimination Oct 14, 1964 S- MLK Awarded Nobel Prize Jan 1, 1965 E- Naders Book of Auto Industry Jul 30, 1965 E- Johnson Signs Medicare Bill Aug 6, 1965 P-Voting Rights Act Sep 5, 1965 I- The Hippie Come into Being Jun 30, 1966 S- NOW is Born Sep 8, 1966 I- Star Trek Debuts Dec 15, 1966 S- Walt Disney Died Jan 15, 1967 S- First Super Bowl Jun 1, 1967 S- Summer of Love Jul 1, 1967 E- Frist ATM put into service in London Oct 2, 1967 P- First African-American appointed to U.S. Supreme Court Nov 9, 1967 I- First Issue of Rolling Stone Premieres Apr 4, 1968 P-MLK Assissinated Nov 5, 1968 P-Nixon Wins Presidency Nov 5, 1968 P- First black women in Congress Jul 20, 1969 E- First Man on the Moon Aug 15, 1969 S- Woodstock Concert Oct 29, 1969 I- First Email Message Nov 10, 1969 I- Sesame Street Debuts Apr 22, 1970 S- First Earth Day May 4, 1970 S- Four Students killed at Kent State Jan 1, 1971 I- Floppy Disks Introduced Sep 1, 1971 I- VCR's Introduced Oct 1, 1971 E- Disney World Opens May 29, 1972 P- Strategetic Arms Limitation Treaty Signed Jan 22, 1973 P- Roe vs. Wade legalizes Abortion Mar 29, 1973 P-U.S. Pulls out of Vietnam May 3, 1973 E- Sears Tower Built Aug 9, 1974 P- Ford Becomes President and forced to Resign Apr 4, 1975 I- Microsoft Founded Jul 4, 1976 P- 200th Anniversary of Decleration of Independence Jul 28, 1976 S- 7.8 Magnitutde kills 240000 in China