1955-1975

  • Highways

    Federal-Aid Highway Act was signed which begun the highway system
  • Telephone cable

    the first transatlantic phone cable started operating
  • Alaska

    Alaska is admitted into the U.S. as the 49th state
  • Daytona 500

    On this day, the Daytona 500 race was run for the first time
  • Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall construction began on this day
  • Kennedy shot

    In Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy was brutally wounded and later died
  • First Super Bowl

    On this day, the first Super Bowl was held in Los Angeles
  • Walt Disney World

    Disney World opened on this day in Orlando, Florida