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The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company called themselves “The World on Wheels” and made their first electric automobile in 1902, followed their first gas-powered model two years later.
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an opportunities to promote education, understanding and culture, across and within borders, and to raise public awareness about important global events that dominate the headlines.
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Chubby Checker is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time".
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helped engineer a military coup in 1943
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Joe DiMaggio signs a contract with the New York Yankees making him the first $100,000-a-year baseball player
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Territories held by Communists during the Chinese Civil War
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authorize the development of the hydrogen bomb
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Amid the threat of Russian satellites and the unsettling dawn of the computer age, Mantle helped affirm our belief in the power of mankind over technology's invasion of our world.
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known as Grace of Monaco and Princess Grace, was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956, until her death. Prior to her marriage, she starred in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s.
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one of the most important thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the most prominent champions of critical realism.
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1st Hydrogen bomb
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focused on the Cold War with the Soviet Union and its satellites.
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Elizabeth II was crowned queen of the United Kingdom
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the Walt Disney Company is a prime example of the inextricable link between pop culture and politics during the Cold War.
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over 10,000 babies were born worldwide and today fewer than 3,000 survive
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9 teenagers stepped up to the front lines in battle for civil rights for all Americans
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The Hula Hoop was one of the biggest toy fads in history. It's estimated that 80 to 100 million hoop toys were sold in 1958 alone.
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Malcolm refused to accept the conventional parameters of Cold War dissent.
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was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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over 80 countries worldwide were burdened with debts to international banks
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the bugging of political opponents' offices, unauthorized investigations, and the misuse of government agencies for political purposes.
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us foreign policy (focused on reducing dangers of the cold war among the soviet union and china)
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he chief counsel to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Republican whose interrogations of alleged communists during the Cold War “Red Scare” contributed to a chilling effect on freedom of speech and freedom of association in the 1950s.
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Day was an advocate for animal welfare and founded several organizations devoted to the cause
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The invaders were badly outnumbered by Castro's troops, and they surrendered after less than 24 hours of fighting.