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Korean War Begins
The war lasterd 3 years and ended at the same place that it began.
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Jonas Salk developes a vaccine for Polio
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa was arrested for taking her stand. The police charged her with violating the part of the Montgomery City code that dealt with segregation law, even though she had not technically violated the law. The ironic part of her arrest was that as the officer was taking her away she asked him why the police would take part in such wrong behavior. His answer amazed her when he said, "I don't know, but the law's the law, and you're under arrest." Parks states in her autobiography that, as she rode awa -
Elvis appears on the Ed Sullivan Show
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Soviets launch Sputnik
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The US would defend any country in the Middle East that was threatened by Communism.
