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Football
The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game in the los Angeles -
Baseball
baseball signs a six-year All-Star game deal for TV and radio rights for $6 million -
Inauguration
The inauguration of trans-continental television occurs with the broadcast of President Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco. The treaty would be signed on September 8 by the U.S., Japan, and forty-seven other nations. -
Debut
"I Love Lucy" makes it's first appearance or performance in their first episode. -
Steel Mills
President Truman authorized the seizure of the U.S steel mills to avert a strike, but his action is ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court . -
Mccarran-Walter Act
The Mccarran Walter Act (the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952) was passed and was meant to exclude certain immigrants that were immigrating to America post WWII and the Cold War. This act focused on immigrants that were unlawful, immoral and diseased in any way. This was based upon country of origin. -
H-Bomb
At Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the first hydrogen bomb, named Mike, is exploded. -
Election
Republican, Dwight Eisenhower is elected president ending a string of Democratic wins that went back to 1932. He carried the Republican Party narrowing the power and control of the House and Senate. -
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Newcomer to politics, but popular due to his role in winning World War II as European commander, gains an easy victory over Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson. The Electoral College vote was 442 to 89. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley records for the first time at Sun Studios. Continuing on with his music he made his first hit which made #1 on billboards -
Armistice is signed ending the Korean War
After three years of war, the United States, People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end. The armistice ended America’s first experiment with the Cold War concept of “limited war.” -
U.S CIA
The United States CIA assists in the overthrow of the government in Iran, and retains the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the throne. -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy begins televised Senate hearings into alleged Communist influence in the United States Army. -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw pact was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. It was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks,refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court.
