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Korean War begins
Korean war beigins its three year conflict when troops of North Korea backed with soviet weapinry, invade South Korea. -
President Truman
Truman authorizes the seizure of U.S steel mills in order to avert a strike. Later on June 2nd his actions were ruled illegal. -
First Colored T.V
The first television with color goes on sale -
First Large Scale Vaccination
The first large scale vaccination of children with polio begins in Pittsburgh, PA. -
Vietnamese Training
U.S government agrees to train South Vietnamese troops. -
Segregation laws unconstitutional
Rosa parks refuses to give uo her seat on the bus to a white passanger male, prompting a boycott that led to bus segregation laws. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term in office. -
First Civil Rights Bill
U.S congress approves the first civil rights bill since reconstruction with additional protection of voting rights. -
First attempt to launch satellite.
First attempt by the U.S to launch a satellite into space fails when it explodes on the launch pad -
Dwight D. Eisenhower Hosting Soviet
During the first visit of any Soviet union leader to the U.S, PResident Dwight D. Eisenhower hosts sovient premier Nikita Khrushchev at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
