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Truman signs Executive Order 9981
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Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
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Korean War Begins
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Color TV is created
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Truman signed a peace treaty with Japan, which officially ended WWII
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
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Executive Order 10479 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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First Atomic Submarine Launched
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Desegregation of U.S. Armed Forces said to be complete.
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Warsaw Pact
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Interstate Highway Act
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Little Rock, Arkansas desegregation
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Civil RIghts Act of 1957
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Supreme Court rules that states may not use evasive measures to avoid desegregation
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U-2 Incident