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RED CHINA
Communist-controlled China Territorries held during Chinese Civil War. -
JOE MCARTHY
Successfully ran for the U.S. Senate defeating Robert M. La Follette Jr. -
HARRY TRUMAN
Authorized Berlin airlift. -
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PANMUNJOM
Location of the truce conference that was held for 2 years -
ENGLAND'S GOT A NEW QUEEN
Queen Elizabeth II became queen in 1952, and was crowned in 1953. -
CAMPANELLA
Roy Campanella would win the MVP award as he led the NL in RBI (142) and 1955 when he led the Dodgers to the franchise’s first World Series victory over the Yankees. -
THE ROSENBURGS
The first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime in 1952. They were later executed in 1953. -
(WE'RE) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock.” -
DIEN BIEN PHU FALLS
The French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. -
DISNEYLAND
Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opens! -
ALABAMA
Montgomery Bus Boycott. Civil rights protest during where African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Took place until 1956. -
TROUBLE IN THE SUEZ
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal, a valuable waterway that controlled two-thirds of the oil used by Europe. -
LITTLE ROCK
Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. -
SPUTNIK
Sputnik successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit. -
CALIFORNIA BASEBALL
First season of play in California for the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly of Brooklyn) and the San Francisco Giants (formerly of New York City). -
SPACE MONKEYS
the United States finally succeeded in sending monkeys into space and bringing them home alive. -
U2
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in May 1960 that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France. -
BAY OF PIGS INVASION
Failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. -
OLE MISS
The Ole Miss riot of 1962, or Battle of Oxford, was an incident of mob violence by proponents of racial segregation. -
MALCOLM X
Malcolm flies to Phoenix with Elijah Muhammad's son Wallace to confront the Nation of Islam's leader in April. -
HULA HOOPS
The Hula Hoop, a hip-swiveling toy that became a huge fad across America when it was first marketed by Wham-O in 1958. -
WOODSTOCK
Woodstock was a music festival Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. -
BIRTH CONTROL
The Supreme Court in Eisenstadt v. Baird legalizes birth control for unmarried people. -
AYATOLLAH'S IN IRAN
In December, a new Iranian constitution was approved, naming Khomeini as Iran's political and religious leader for life. -
CRACK
Crack epidemic, the significant increase in the use of crack cocaine, or crack, in the United States during the early 1980s. Crack cocaine was popularized because of its affordability, its immediate euphoric effect, and its high profitability. -
SALLY RIDE
First American woman in space. -
CHINA'S UNDER MARTIAL LAW
In the year of 1989, China decreed that any political adversary would be treated as an enemy, and that even lethal force may be used on them.