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Pres. Harry Truman starts developing hydrogen bombs
President Harry Truman tells the U.S. Atomic Energy Comission to build a hydrogen bomb. -
Pres. Truman approves development of hydrogen bombs
President Harry Truman tells the U.S. Atomic Energy Comission to build a hydrogen bomb. Info from:
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Truman Speech about Transcontinental Television
Info from:On September 4, 1951 President Harry Truman spoke for the first on transcontinental television. -
Polio vaccine created
Jonas Salk created and tested the polio vaccine on this day and it worked.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president
<a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower' Picture from: On January 20, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower is elected as the 34th president of the United States of America.
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first organ transplant
Richard Herrick recieved a kidney from his twin, Rodney, making it the first sucsessful organ transplant Info and picture from:
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Picture from: On December 1st, 1955 Rosa Parks does not give up her seat for a white person.
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President Eisenhower makes "In God We Trust" the national motto
A Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto. Info from:
http://www.historymania.com/american_history/1956 Picture from:
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9 Students are Escorted into Central High
Picture from:On September 4th 1957 9 students are escorted into Central High by National Guard in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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NASA is created
The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Info from:
http://www.historymania.com/american_history/1958 Picture from:
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Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States
Picture from:On August 21st 1959 Hawaii is admitted to statehood as the 50th state of the U.S.A.
Info from: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
