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Feb. 12, 1955
Minimum wage increases from 75 cents to $1 an hour. -
Apr. 13, 1955
Jonas Salk developes a vaccine for Polio. -
July 17, 1955
Disneyland was built in Anaheim, Califonia. -
Sep. 26, 1955
The Stock Market suffers. -
Oct. 26, 1955
The U.S. installs Deim as a Leader of South Vietnam. -
Dec. 1, 1955
Rosa Parks incites Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
June 29, 1956
The government approved the Interstate Highway Act and built an interstate. -
Apr. 29, 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 -
Oct. 4, 1957
The Russians launch Sputnik and the race to space beings. -
Dec. 6, 1957
United States first attempt to launch a satellite to sapce exploded on the launchpad. -
Jan. 31, 1958
The Amry at Cape Canaveral launched the first satellite into space, Explorer I. -
July 29, 1958
NASA is formed. -
Aug. 21, 1959
Alaska and Hawaii become states. -
Jan. 1, 1960
John F. Kennedy proposed a campaign to promise revive America's economy. -
Mar. 1 1962
Michael Harrington published "The Other America" which exposed the poverty of the United States. -
June 1, 1962
The stock market was s failing and America's economy was unstable. -
Nov. 22, 1963
President Kennedy was assassinated. -
Mar. 1, 1965
The U.S. was in the Vietnam War. -
Jan. 1, 1966
The Great Inflation begins. -
July 30 ,1966
Medicare and Medicaid were created. -
Sep. 23, 1966
Minimum wage increases. -
Apr. 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. -
Apr. 11, 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed. -
July 20, 1969
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. -
Oct. 5, 1970
The Public Broadcasting System begins operations. -
Mar. 23, 1971
The 26th Amendment is ratified, allowing 18 year olds to vote. -
Feb. 21, 1972
Prsident Nixon visited China to normilize the relationship between the countries. -
Apr. 4, 1975
Bill Gates founded MIcrosoft.