1950 - Pres. Harry Truman .Approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June.
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1950 - Pres. Harry Truman
Pres. Harry Truman approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June. -
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President 1951-Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast.Truman made a speech and it was broadcast marking the forst televison program. -
1952 The Immigration
he Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 removes racial and ethnic barriers to becoming a U.S. citizen. -
1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower is president.
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1954 Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama
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1956 - The Federal Highway Act is signed, marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system.
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1958 - The first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami.
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1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
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1960 Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States.
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1961 President John F. Kennedy orders U.S. Marshals to provide protection for “Freedom Riders” attempting to integrate interstate bus travel.
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1961 Kennedy Proposes Moon Program
In a congressional address, President John F. Kennedy pledges to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
1962 JFK Proposes Big Tax Cuts
In a speech before the Economic Club of New York, President John Kennedy unveils a plan for economic recovery that emphasizes large tax cuts and credits for businesses. -
1963 Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president the same day. -
1964 LBJ Declares War on Poverty
In President Lyndon Johnson’s first inaugural address, a little over a month after assuming the presidency, he declares war on poverty and outlines an ambitious domestic agenda aimed at reducing unemployment, increasing support for education and job training, and expanding public services for the poor. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act abolishes literacy tests and other tests used by local and state governments to inhibit African-American voting. -
Minimum Wage Increase
The minimum wage is raised in stages from its current $1.25 per hour to $1.60 by February 1968. -
Nixon Wins Presidency
Republican candidate Richard Nixon is elected president of the United States. -
Days of Rage
The Weathermen, a radical political organization growing out of the Students for a Democratic Society, launch the Days of Rage in Chicago. -
Weatherman Bomb Accident
Three members of the Weathermen, a radical political organization growing out of the Students for a Democratic Society, are killed when the bomb they are constructing in their Greenwich Village townhouse explodes. -
Four students
Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia. -
Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, expanding the Disney empire to the east coast of the United States. -
The journey for peace trip
The journey for peace trip of the U.S. President to Peking, China begins. -
The United States Supreme Court rules
The United States Supreme Court rules in Roe vs. Wade that a woman can not be prevented by a state in having an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. -
Legislation
Legislation is signed by President Nixon creating the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. -
The Watergate
The Watergate cover up trials of Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman are completed; all are found guilty of the charges. -
American Legion
Twenty-nine people attending an American Legion convention in Philadelphia are killed by a mysterious ailment, one year later discovered as a bacterium. -
Vietnam War
The majority of Vietnam War draft evaders, ten thousand in number, are pardoned by President Jimmy Carter. -
The United States Senate
A treaty for the return had been signed on September 7 of the previous year, pending approval by the U.S. Congress. -
The Federal Reserve system
The Federal Reserve system changes its monetary policy goals from interest rate based to a money supply target orientation. -
President Jimmy Carter
President Jimmy Carter announces the embargo on sale of grain and high technology to the Soviet Union due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt, shot in the chest while walking to his limousine in Washington, D.C. -
The Senate passes
The Senate passes a bill that virtually eliminated the practice of busing to achieve racial integration. -
hiv/aids
HIV is a stealth virus that takes as many as 10 years to present symptoms; by the time researchers knew enough to wonder about its origins, those origins were in the distant past. -
Astronaut Sally
Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space. -
Democratic candidate
Democratic candidate for President, Walter Mondale, selects Geraldine Ferraro as his Vice Presidential running mate, the first woman chosen for that position. -
Pete Rose
Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's record for most career hits in Major League Baseball history. -
Martin Luther King Day
Martin Luther King Day is officially observed for the first time as a federal holiday in the United States. -
The United States and the Soviet Union
The United States and the Soviet Union sign an agreement, the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, to dismantle all 1,752 U.S. and 859 Soviet missiles in the 300-3,400 mile range. -
The first patent
The first patent for a genetically engineered animal is issued to Harvard University researchers Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart. -
Army General Colin Powell
Army General Colin Powell is elevated to the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first African American to be nominated to that post. -
U.S. President George H.W. Bush
U.S. President George H.W. Bush and his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to eliminate chemical weapon
