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Republicans
The republicans win control of both houses of Congress in November elections. -
William Levitt
He announces the first Levittown. -
Truman
Truman orders end to segregation in armed forces. -
Minimum wage
Minimum wages raised for 45 to 70 cents an hour. -
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African American woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. -
Remington Rand
Remington Rand unveils UNIVAC, the first electronic digital computer to be marketed commercially. -
Edward R. Murrow
Inaugurates television news show See It Now. -
McDonald's
They choose the golden arches design for its hamburger shops. -
Supreme Court
They order schools desegregated in Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka. -
Dr. Jonas Salk
He reports success of antipolio vaccine. -
African Americans
They begin boycott of Montgomery, Alabama, bus company. -
Eisenhower
He signs legislation creating the interstate highway system. -
Congress
Congress passes first civil rights act since reconstruction. -
Charles Von Doren
Confesses to cheating on television quiz show Twenty-One. -
African Americans
African American college students stage sit in in Greensburor, North Carolina.
