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Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat on a public bus in Montgomery and effectively incited a revolution -
Civil Rights Act
signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 9, 1957 -
Russians Launch Sputnik
The space race begins when Russia launches the first mission to space -
NASA is created
NASA was formed, creating the main spearhead for American space exploration -
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska was bought by the USA from Russia and Hawaii became the only U.S. state located outside North America -
President Kennedy is assasinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling through Dallas, Texas. -
first American man on the moon
Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin land on the moon -
26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment is ratified officially allowing 18-year-olds to vote -
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
800 miles of pipeline that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska. created for transportation of oil
