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  • Joe McCarthy

    Joe McCarthy

    He held investigations to get rid of all of the communist in the government.
  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman

    Harry Truman was elected the U.S president, he also lost the support of the southern democrat.
  • Red china

    Red china

    The territories that were protected and held down during the time that the Chinese civil war, lead by Chairman Mao Zedong.
  • Panmunjom Brando

    Panmunjom Brando

    The Korean peace talks were moved from Kaesong to Panmunjom
  • England's new queen

    England's new queen

    Queen Elizabeth ll is crowned monarch in the U.K carrying on their traditions
  • Rosenbergs

    Rosenbergs

    They were the first U.S citizens to be convicted and killed for being spies and passing information to the Soviets during and after wwll.
  • Roy Campanella

    Roy Campanella

    He was the first person to receive 3 MVP player in American baseball
  • Dien Bien Phu Falls

    Dien Bien Phu Falls

    The french held garrison in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh
  • Rock around the clock

    Rock around the clock

    This song was wrote and sung by Bill Haley and his comets, the meaning behind this song was that it was describing or representing independence.
  • Disney land

    Disney land

    A 17 million dollar project called Disneyland was opened to the public. The park opened with 26 attractions.
  • Alabama

    Alabama

    The Montgomery bus boycott took place on December 5, 1955 and ended on December 6, 1956. A brave woman Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white man.
  • Trouble in the suez

    Trouble in the suez

    This crisis began when Israeli ordered their armed forces to push their way into Egypt and to the Suez canal. Soon came the French and British but Egypt came out victorious.
  • Little Rock

    Little Rock

    On this day at Central High, governer orval faubus ordered Arkansas natianal gaurds to block the African American students entry into the school.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earths orbit.
  • California baseball

    California baseball

    The 1958 major league baseball season was the first season of play in California for the lose of Los Angeles Dodgers who are form Brooklyn and the San Francisco giants who are from new York city. It was played from April 14 to October 15.
  • Hula Hoops

    Hula Hoops

    Arthur Melin came up with the first vision on a hula hoop. The were sold for $1.98
  • Space Monkey

    Space Monkey

    On this day The united states successfully sent a monkey to space and day it come back down safely
  • U2

    U2

    The 1960 U-2 incident happened when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory.
  • Bay of pigs invasion

    Bay of pigs invasion

    This was a failed attack on the southwestern coast of Cuba lead by the CIA during the Kennedy administration
  • Ole miss

    Ole miss

    The ole miss riot was a incident of mob violence in attempt to help end racial segregation.
  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X gave a speech at the University of California, Berkeley, in which he outlined the philosophy of black nationalism as promoted by the Nation of Islam and declared racial separatism as the best approach to the problems facing black America
  • Birth control

    Birth control

    Made it legal for married woman to get birth control, this allowed woman to not be able to reproduce
  • Wood stock

    Wood stock

    A music festival held every year and is known for "three days of peace and music
  • Ayatollah's in Iran

    Ayatollah's in Iran

    A new Iranian constitution was approved, naming Khomeini as Iran's political and religious leader for life. Under his law woman were not aloud to have equal rights
  • Crack

    Crack

    Snowfall traces the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1983 Los Angeles.
  • Sally Ride

    Sally Ride

    Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. She was an astronaut on a space shuttle mission. Her job was to work the robotic arm.

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