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Joseph Stalin
He was the dictator of the Soviet Union.
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Malenkov
Close to Stalin, became a leader of the USSR for a brief period of time (March 1953-February 1955). -
Prokofiev
Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, works included Romeo and Juliet, and, Peter and the Wolf -
Period: to
Malenkov leader of the USSR
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Rockefeller
Nelson and Winthrop Rockefeller, Nelson was appointed as chair of the Presidents Advisory Committee on Government Organization, also served as Governor of New York from 1959-1973 -
Campanella
All-Star Catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He was in a Paralyzing car accident. -
Communist Bloc
USSR and their satellite countries -
Roy Cohn
Advisor to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy Hearings on Communists in the movie history and government. -
Juan Peron
Leader in Argentina, strongly anti-American and anti-British, he was overthrown by a military coup. -
Toscanini
World Famous Conductor, suffered a memory lapse during a live show. -
Dacron
people referred to this as a wonder material -
Dien Bien Phu Falls
French lose control over Vietnam -
Rock Around The Clock
Theme music for Blackboard Jungle, A hit by Bill Haley and the Comets -
Einstein
Developed the Theory of Relativity, smartest scientist -
James Dean
Movie star, was in Rebel Without A Cause -
Brooklyn's Got A Winning Team
The Dogers won over the New York Yankees -
Davy Crocket
played by actor Fess Parker, it was a popular TV Series -
Peter Pan
a broadway play starring Mary Martin, who played as peter pan -
Disneyland
disneyland opened by Walt Disney, alcohol was sold secretely -
Elvis Presley
Famous around the nation, nicknamed "The King" -
Bardot
actress Bridget Bardot -
Alabama
segregation is present in the south, mainly around Alabama and Mississippi, lower states -
Budapest
there was a hungarian revolution during this tijme thagt effected many people -
Payton Place
A novel written by Grace Metalious. -
Princess Grace
Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who became the princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in 1956. -
Trouble in the Suez
The Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt by Israel, Britain, and France with the goal of putting the Suez Canal back into Western control. -
Khrushchev
arrived in the United States, Tensions were high