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Polio vaccine
The polio vaccine is shown to be effective and many people will get it causing polio to slowly fade. -
Geneva Summit
World leaders gathered at a conference in Geneva to ease tensions from the cold war. -
Rosa Parks gets arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a bus. -
Launch of Explorer 1
The first US satellite to be launched into space, Explorer 1, is launched on 1/31/1958. -
Hawaii becomes a state
Hawaii became the final and 50th state of America. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
The civil rights act of 1964 was underway which would ban public discrimination or segregation. -
US goes to vietnam
The us sends troops into vietnam. -
Ford elected President
Ford is elected as the 38th President of the United States.