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1950.5 and 60's Transportation

By jneitzel3
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    Transportation

  • First Color T.V Broadcast

    CBS broadcasts the first TV program in color.

  • Chevrolet intorduces V8

    first year for the overhead valve V8 engine for chevrolet. Also the first year for 12 volt electrical systems for GM

  • Interstate and Defense Highways act

    Put into place in 1956 Securing 25 billion to build 41,000 miles of roads

  • Sputnik 1

    Spitnik 1 Launched into orbit

  • St Lawrence Seaway opens

    The St. Lawrence Seaway is opened along the Canada and United States borders, allowing increased ship traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.

  • first transcontinental flights

    American Airlines launches the jet age in the U.S. transportation industry with the first transcontinental flights with a Boeing 707 aircraft.

  • Era of the Muscle Car

    Pontiac GTO first to be named a muscle car followed by mustangs, Chevelles.

  • Man on The Moon

    First Manned Moon Landing