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Republicans
Republicans win both sides of house in Congress. -
Levittown
William Levitt announces the establishment of Levittown. -
desegregation
Truman orders degsegregation of the armed forces. -
Minimum Wage
Minimum wage raises from 40 to 75 cents an hour. -
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first african american women to win the Pulitzer Prize. -
Digital Computer
Remington Rand unvails the first electric digital computer. -
television show
Edward R. Murrow inaugrates television news show See It Now. -
McDonalds
McDonalds chooses the golden arches for the hamburger shop. -
Brown VS BOE
Supreme Court orders the degsegregation of schools with the results of Brown VS BOE. -
Vaccines
Dr. Salk reports success in the antipolio vaccine. -
Bus Boycott
African Americans begin protesting segregation in montgomery, Alabama with the bus boycott. -
interstate highway system
Eisenhower signs legislation creating the interstate highway system. -
civil rights act
Congress passes first Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. -
Cheater!
Charles Von Doren confesses to cheating on television quiz show Twenty One -
Sit In
African American college students stage sit in in Greensboro, North Carolina.