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Harry Truman
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for more info.Harry Truman is inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II. -
Television
go to http://www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for more info.Television became popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Most large cities had only one station. Sets in those days had 10 inch screens and were in black and white. Color was introduced in 1951, but it was years later until color television became universally popular. -
H-bomb
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for info.The hydrogen bomb was developed under the guidance of Dr. William Teller. It was many times more powerful than an atomic bomb and in fact required an atomic bomb to detonate. -
Campanella
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for mor info.Roy Campanella was the all-star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. His career was cut short by a paralyzing car accident. -
Dien Bien Phu falls
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for more info.The French lose control over Indo-China. (Now known as Vietnam) -
Rock Around the Clock
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for more info.Bill Haley and the Comets came out with what was considered the first rock-and-roll hit song, Rock Around the Clock. It was the theme music for the popular movie Blackboard Jungle. -
Disneyland
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1949 for more info.Disneyland opened in 1955 in Anaheim, California. It was a theme park, developed by Walt Disney and based around his cartoon characters. It was designated as a place for family entertainment. -
Brooklyn's got a winning team
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1956 for more info.
The Brooklyn Dodgers win the World Series for the only time before their move to Los Angeles. -
California baseball
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1956 for more info.The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team moved to Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Giants moved to San Francisco. -
Space Monkey
go to www.school-for-champions.com/history/start_fire_facts.htm#1959 for more info.Ham the space monkey was sent up in an American space satellite as a prelude to sending a man in space. He was a mean little guy who would often try to bite the workers who put him in the space capsule. Ham was not really a monkey, but a chimpanzee. The actual year he went into space was 1961.
