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Television In Every Home
“…Over one million homes in the US have a television set... Remote control for television becomes available.” -
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1950-1955
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Sweatt vs. Painter
“… a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully proved to be deficient in equality, in favor of the black applicant, the "separate but equal" policy of racial segregation which was recognized in the case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was also influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later.” -
Start of the Korean War
"On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some
75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel,
the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south." -
Holmes Gets Congratulations from Little
“Rep. Hal Holmes of Ellensburg, who won his fifth term in Congress from the fourth congressional district in Tuesday’s Election by an overwhelming margin, last night received a telegram of congratulation from his democratic opponent, Ted Little of Ephrata." -
United Nations Headquarters Opens
“The United Nations Headquarters - located on 1st Avenue in New York since 1951 - is not part of the U.S. but is an international territory with its own critical services…construction of the 39 floor 544ft tall building took place between 1949 and 1951 and it was officially opend on January 9th -
22nd Amendment Ratified
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once” -
Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
“J.D. Salinger Published Catcher in the Rye” -
Rodeo Parade Crowd Today Largest Ever
“What show officials called the biigest corwd ever to view an Ellensburg Rodeo parade this morning lined city streets five and six deep on both sides for a score of blocks for the opening day feature of the 1951 Rodeo.” -
Mechanical Heart
“A team of GM scientists and engineers developed the mechanical heart pump that made possible the world’s first open heart surgery. The device was developed and donated by GM at no cost to the heart surgery team at Wayne State University in Detroit.”
“1952, The first Mechainical Heart Pump”, -
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
“…a United States Supreme Court decision that limited the power of the President of the United States to seize private property in the absence of either specifically enumerated authority under Article Two of the United States Constitution or statutory authority conferred on him by Congress. It was a "stinging rebuff" to President Harry Truman” -
Ellensburg Gets Airline Service
“Lawrence Gehlen, head of the special aviation committee of Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce, was advised today that the federal Civial Aeronautics Board has approved application of Empire and West Coast airlines which will result in Ellensburg’s being served by a minimum of two scheduled airline flights daily.” -
"I love Lucy" Job Switching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbNcQlzV-4 A famous episode of the show "I love Lucy" she was spending to much money and Ricky had wanted her to know the value of a dollar so he insisted they swich places for a day. Ricky doing chores, Lucy working. -
Eisenhower and Nixon win Election
Dwight D. Eisenhower won the election that year, with Richard Nixon as his Vice President. -
End of Korean War
“The war’s unpopularity played an important role in the presidential victory of Dwight D. Eisenhower who had pledged to go to Korea to end the war. Negotiations broke down four different times, but after much difficulty and nuclear threats by Eisenhower, an armisice agreement was signed (June 27th 1953). -
Hydro Plant Facilities Go for $27000
“Ellensburg got definitely out of the electric power generating business Monday night when the City Council voted to accept a $27,000 bid for all the generating equipment at the municipal hydro plant.” -
Dickinson v. United States
“…a case in which the Surpreme Court of the United States held there was no basis for denying petitioner’s (a Jehovah’s Whittness) claim to ministerial exmption from military service, and his conviction for refusing to submit to his local boards induction order was reversed” -
Common Man: First Color Television Set
“A successful color television system began commercial broadcasting, first authorized by the FCC on December 17, 1953 based on a system designed by RCA.” -
"Under God" added to the Pledge
“In 1954, Congress after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, added the words, 'under God,' to the Pledge. The Pledge was now both a patriotic oath and a public prayer.” -
Marilyn Monroe, marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio
“…they were married at San Francisco City Hall, where they were mobbed by reporters and fans.” Marrige lasted 274 days, They divorced in October of 1954.
“Marilyn Monroe Marries Joe DiMaggio.” This Day in History, -
Brown v. Board of Education
“The Supreme Court struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy for public education, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, and required the desegregation of schools across America.” -
Labor Council Acts on Strike
“The Ellensburg Central Labor Council last night placed 15 Ellensburg restaurant’s on organized labor’s “unfair” list as a result of the 42-day-old strike of Local 296 Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union.” -
Appoint City Committee on Damn Project
“A committee of the Ellensburg City Council was Named Monday night to advance the cause of Priest Rapids dam construction and formation of an operating agency.” -
Opening of Disneyland
“After years of planning, Walt Disney's very first theme park Disneyland opened its gates at 2:30PM on Sunday July 17, 1955 in Anaheim, California.” -
Rosa Parks Arrested
“Her 1955 arrest in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and set in motion a chain of events that resulted in ground-breaking civil rights legislation and helped to bring Martin Luther King Jr. to the forefront as the movement's leader.”
