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Studebaker, a popular car company, begins its financial downfall.
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Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies,
including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully.
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The vaccine for polio is privately tested by Jonas Salk.
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Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.
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Peter Pan is broadcast on TV live and in color
from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring
Mary Martin on March 7. Disney released an animated
version the previous year
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Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21,
beginning his pop career.
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Disneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park.
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Sputnik becomes the first artificial satellite,
launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, marking
the start of the space race.
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Bob Dylan: After a New York Times review by critic
Robert Shelton, Bob Dylan is signed to Columbia Records
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JFK blown away: President John F.
Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding
in an open convertible through Dallas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination
