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Cinderella movie
Cinderella premiered and quickly became the highest grossing movie of the year. -
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Korean War
Neither side actually won the Korean War. In fact, the war goes on to this day, since the combatants never signed a peace treaty. -
first peanut comic strip
On october 2nd, the first peanut comic strip debuted. -
Univac - First Business Computer
Remington Rand delivered its first computer, UNIVAC I, to the U.S. Census Bureau. It weighed 16,000 pounds, used 5,000 vacuum tubes, and could perform about 1,000 calculations per second. -
RCA broadcasts the first colour TV episode
RCA broadcasts the first colour TV episode on June 25. This was the beginning of a huge advancements for technology. -
The discovery of the Double Helix
The double helix, the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), by James Watson and Francis Crick marked a milestone in the history of science -
Tenzing Norgay is the first person to summit Mount Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - 1953 Everest. Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit -
Rosa Parks bus boycott
Rosa Parks sat in the reserved section for white people. She refused to give up her seat. Making this day a monumental day for equality -
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Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, was a countrywide revolution against the Stalinist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Hungarian domestic policies imposed by the USSR. -
Sputnik Launched
USSR Launches Sputnik. On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth