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click here for more informationJoe McCarthy, the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando Marlon Brando is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire
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click here for more infomDwight D. Eisenhower is first elected as U.S. president, winning by a landslide margin of 442 to 89 electoral votes.
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Joseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union.
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Juan Perón spends his last full year as President of Argentina before a September 1955 coup
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Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.
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Mickey Mantle is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row.
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Charles de Gaulle is elected first president of the French Fifth Republic following the Algerian Crisis
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Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression.
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JFK blown away blown away: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas.
