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Harry Truman wins the Presidential Election of 1948 upsetting the poll prediction -
Red China falls under the communist rule of Moa Zedong. -
Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information to the Russians and arrested -
Elizabeth II became the queen of the United Kingdom -
Named as a demilitarized zone as a cease-fire. -
Senator who conducts investigations looking for communists in the Americans Government -
Roy Campanella wins National League Most Valuable Player Award, his second MVP with 142 runs -
Dien Bien Phu falls after a four-month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. -
A $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres in Anaheim, California, -
A political campaign against racial segregation policy on the public transportation system. -
The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca -
Isreal invaded Egypt in an attempt to take over a valuable canal that controlled 2/3 of the oil getting into Europe. -
A group of nine African Americans enrolled in a segregated school. -
Sputnik was the first satellite ever built. -
The Los Angeles Dodgers made their debut in their new home city. -
Rhesus Monkey Able was the first monkey to go to space and back to Earth. -
The U-2 was an American spy plane that was shot down by Soviet Air Defense Force -
The Supreme Court made birth control became legal for married women -
A failed landing operation by Cuban exiles on the Southwestern coast of Cuba -
Southern segregationists rioted and fought state and federal forces on Ole Miss' campus -
The hula hoop was first marketed by Wham-O -
Malcolm X founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which identified racism, and not the white race, as the enemy of justice. -
Woodstock was a music festival that was used as a symbol of peace and unity. -
A new Iranian constitution was approved, naming Khomeini as Iran's political and religious leader for life -
She became the first woman in space. -
Crack Cocaine was released and became apart of drug dealing -
Deng Xiaoping imposed martial law on China.