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U.S. Census
Counts a population in the United States of over 150 million people. -
Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
Inauguration of trans-continental television occurs with the broadcast of President Truman's speech here -
Eniwetok Atoll
The first hydrogen bomb, named Mike, is exploded. -
Overthrow of the Government in Iran
The United States CIA assists in the overthrow -
Telivision
The first colored television goes on sale. -
Vaccination
The first large scale vaccination of polio begins in Pittsburgh. -
Racial Segregation
Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in Brown vs. the Board of Education. -
Rosa Parks
African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott. -
Federal Aid Highway Act
Interstate highway system begins -
Explorer I
It would discover the Van Allen radiation belt.
