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Polio Vaccine is Safe
The polio vaccine was declared safe and effective.
https://sph.umich.edu/polio/#:~:text=%22Safe%2C%20effective%2C%20and%20potent,effective%20in%20preventing%20paralytic%20polio. -
Mickey Mouse Club
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club aired with a talented cast of Mouseketeers who sang and danced in this variety show.
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, an African American women, refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus and was arrested which ultimately led to banning segregation on public transportation.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_parks_1.html -
Elvis Presley on Billboard Charts
Rock 'n' Roll legend, Elvis Presley, made the Billboard Charts 11 times beginning with "Heartbreak Hotel."
https://www.elvis.net/bio/bio56.html -
Highway Act
Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act to construct of a 41,000 mile interstate highway https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Federal_Highway_Act.htm#:~:text=On%20June%2026%2C%201956%2C%20the,Interstate%20and%20Defense%20Highways%20Act).&text=The%20authorization%20to%20build%2041%2C000,works%20program%20to%20that%20time. -
Presidential Election of 1956
President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson for the second time in a landslide victory.
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Frisbee
The Wham-O company spun out aerodynamic plastic discs called Frisbees which were inspired by college kids throwing empty pie plates. -
American Bandstand
"American Bandstand" debuted on ABC featuring teens dancing to popular music with host Dick Clark.
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Arnold Palmer Wins First Masters
Arnold Palmer donnes the green jacket in Augusta, Georgia after winning his first Master's.
https://www.augusta.com/masters/story/history/1958-arnold-palmer-wins-amen-corner-born -
NASA
President Eisenhower signed a law of the National Aeronautics and Space Act after the congressional hearings.
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html -
Hawaii Becomes a State
Hawaii became the 50th state when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation in 1959.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/hawaii-enters-union-as-50th-state-aug-21-1959-789017 -
The Sound of Music
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the Sound of Music, premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York.
https://www.mylifetime.com/she-did-that/november-16-1959-the-sound-of-music-premiered-on-broadway -
Presidential Election of 1960
John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35 president of the United States in spite of rumors of fraud and the youngest president at 43 years of age.
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Peace Corps
The Peace Corps Act was signed by President John F. Kennedy to support developing countries. -
1st American to Orbit Earth
Astronaut John Glenn orbited the earth on the Mercury space capsule called Friendship 7.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html -
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies debuted as a comedy about a patriarch getting rich off of oil discovered on his land and moving to Beverly Hills and turn the privileged society's world upside down. -
JFK Assassination
While campaigning in Texas, President John F. Kennedy was shot in the motorcade driving through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin for employment and public places as well as school desegregation and voting rights.
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Martin Luther King Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest man at age 35 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/facts/ -
Voting Rights of 1965
A law was enacted to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-laws -
Batman
Batman starring Adam West debuted as the first full length television show based on a DC comics character.
https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_(1960s_series) -
Miranda Rights
The Supreme Court overturned a conviction for Ernesto Miranda after he was arrested for kidnapping and rape and interrogated without legal representation.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-miranda-warning-is-born-47-years-ago-today -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/thurgood-marshall-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justice-oct-2-1967-228854 -
Rolling Stone Magazine
Jann Wenner of San Francisco created Rolling Stones magazine as a teenager's journalistic perspective on issues.
https://wncmusicacademy.com/rolling-stone-magazine-makes-debut-in-1967-november-9-2015/ -
MLK Assassination
Baptist Minister and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee which led to national mourning and anger.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination -
First Moon Landing
NASA's Apollo 11 was the first mission to land a human on the Moon as millions watched on television.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/moon-landing -
Apollo 13 Accident
NASA's Apollo 13 mission ended in an oxygen tank explosion before it reached the moon and the astronauts had to return to earth sheltered in a lunar module. -
Right to Vote
The Supreme Court lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxvi -
Disney World
Walt Disney World Resort opened including Magic Kingdom Park.
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/this-day-in-history-walt-disney-world-resort-officially-opens-1971/#:~:text=On%20October%201%2C%201971%2C%20the,Disney's%20Fort%20Wilderness%20Resort%20%26%20Campground. -
Watergate
The Watergate complex was the headquarters for Democratic National Committee and was broken into during the re-election campaign for President Richard Nixon. An investigation revealed incriminating evidence which led to his resignation.
https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-investigates-part-2/watergate-break -
Secretariat
Secretariat became the first horse to win a Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness, and the Kentucky Derby since Citation in 1948.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/secretariat-wins-triple-crown -
American Graffiti
George Lucas' nostalgic movie, American Graffiti, premiered on the big screen depicting 1960s teenage life.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/american-graffiti-review-1973-movie-1025744 -
Nixon's Resignation
President Richard Nixon turned in his letter of resignation to the Secretary of State after the revealing Watergate investigation.
https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=809 -
Ford Became 38th President
Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office for President of the United States following Nixon's resignation.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/gerald-r-ford/ -
Jaws
Steven Spielberg's iconic cinema blockbuster Jaws scared a generation of moviegoers in the summer of 1975.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/31/jaws-40-years-on-truly-great-lasting-classics-of-america-cinema