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A novel that was very popular with teens because they could easily relate to the characters.
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The Rosenbergs where a couple, husband and wife, who were caught selling the secert of the Atomic-bomb to the USSR. They were arrested and executed.
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Georgy Malenkov, a Soviet polititican and communist party leader, a collaborator with Stalin. After Stalins death the was the leader fo the USSR for a short period of time. The was the leader form March 1953- Feburary 1955
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King George died making his daughter Queen Elizabeth ascend the throne. Flimed documentaries were circulated for several countries for a lon time after the event and every school child saw a screening.
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Nine African-American students enroll in what was once a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Governor of Arkansas has the Arkansas National Guard Surrond the school so that the nine students can't come. The presient has to send the 101st Airborne Division to make the school safe for the students.
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Hula Hoops became a qucik national fad, everyone everywhere was trying to spin the plastic hoop around their waste. The hula hoop was not only for childern but for adults too. As quick as the hula hoop became a fad it faded back into the background.
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John F. Kenndy (JFK) was elected to office, he was later assassinated while in a parade.
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One of Aldred Hitchcocks movies, it was a thriller. During the movie the female lead is stabbed to death while taking a shower.
