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US HISTORY 1950-1990

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  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Famous animated film from Walt Disney Pictures
  • The Credit Card

    The Credit Card

    first bank Credit card appeared in New York's Franklin National Bank
  • TOYS

    TOYS

    Mr. Potato head first manufactured and sold by hasboro
  • Color broadcast

    Color broadcast

    Fisrt national color broadcast but most tv stayed in black and white for the next ten years
  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism

    McCarthy hearings held by US Senate subcommittee find communist in America
  • McDonalds

    McDonalds

    Mcdonalds resturant is made a corporation
  • Indianapolis 500

    Indianapolis 500

    Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
  • Emmit Till murder

    Emmit Till murder

    14 yearold african american boy is murdered after reportedly flirting with a white woman
  • civil rights

    civil rights

    Montgomery bus boycott is sparked after Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus.
  • Little Rock nine

    Little Rock nine

    Nine African Americans involved with desegergating Little Rock Central High School
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Nationalist try to unify country under communist control
  • BARBIE

    BARBIE

    The first Barbie is created by Ruth Handler in 1959. Around 350,00 Barbie dolls sold in the first year
  • Hawaii

    Hawaii

    Hawaii is granted statehood.
  • Nabisco

    Nabisco

    Chips Ahoy! makes its debut in 1963 and sole widely in the US
  • November 22, 1963

    November 22, 1963

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
  • The Beatles

    The Beatles

    The Beatles come to America for the first time.
  • GATORADE

    GATORADE

    Beverage first developed in 1965 by a team of researchers at the University of Florida
  • Hippie Culture

    Hippie Culture

    Hippie is a subculture which was originally a youth movement that arose in the US in the mid 1960's
  • Barbie

    Barbie

    Barbie's first black friend Christie was introduced to the market.
  • Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated in Memphis, Teennessee
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Neil Armstromg and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to set foot on the moon as apart of a maned lunar mission
  • Kent Sate

    Kent Sate

    Ohio National Gaurd fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds killing four students and wounding nine others
  • Virginia Schools

    Virginia Schools

    T.C Williams becomes the first school in Alexandria, Virginia public Senior high school after voluntary intergration
  • Disney World

    Disney World

    October 1, 1971 Disney's Animal Kingdom opens its gates to the public
  • Video Game Console

    Video Game Console

    in 1972 Magnavox releasedthe Maganavox Odessey, the first home video game console which could be connected to a tv set
  • Handheld mobile phone

    Handheld mobile phone

    Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. April 3, 1973 first handheld mobile phone call was made
  • Twin Towers

    Twin Towers

    ribbon cuttin ceremony for the towers was April 4,1973. the north tower accepted tennants in 1970 adn the south tower in 1972.
  • President Nixon

    President Nixon

    Nixon annouses he will resign from office due to the Watergate Scnadal
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft

    Coporation founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975
  • DISCO

    DISCO

    Genre of musci that peaked in the late 70's. Initial audiences were African American, Italian-American, gays, and psychedelic
  • Apple

    Apple

    Apple is incorporated January 3, 1977 as Apple Comuter Inc. It was founded April 1, 1976
  • Star wars

    Star wars

    First film in series, The Phantom Menace, is realeased
  • BARBIE

    BARBIE

    The first black doll to have the name Barbie was introduced to the market as "Black Barbie"
  • PACMAN

    PACMAN

    Pacman is licensed and released in the US IN October 1980
  • HIV/AIDS

    HIV/AIDS

    The United States became the first country to recognize the strange illness among a small number of gay men in 1981
  • Space Shuttle Explosion

    Space Shuttle Explosion

    Space shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight killing seven crew members
  • Black Monday

    Black Monday

    In 1987 the Chinese market crashed spreadin west to Europe and eventually hitting the United States. The Market crashed on Monday October 19, 1987
  • Pan Am flight 103

    Pan Am flight 103

    Pan American Transatlantic flight 103 is bombed by terrorist killing all passengers and crew onboard and 11 on the ground
  • Pro's in the Olympics

    Pro's in the Olympics

    FBIA makes a ruling that allowed the US team to be composed of Professional players
  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney

    The Little Mermaid is released as apart of an era in Disney animation as the disney renessiance