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H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952.
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The Catcher in the Rye, a controversial novel by J. D. Salinger, is published.
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North Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south
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Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.
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Mafia are the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin
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Hula hoops reach 100 million in sales as the latest toy fad.
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Fidel Castro comes to power after a revolution in Cuba and visits the United States later that year on an unofficial twelve-day tour
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Disneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park
