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Gen. MacArthur, UN Command CiC (seated), observes the naval shelling of Incheon from the USS Mt. McKinley, 15 September 1950.
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Dwight Eisenhower becomes President
On April 2, 1951 Dwight Eisenhower preceded Harry S. Truman as the 34th President of the United States America. He was suceeded by John F. Kennedy on May 30, 1952
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Joe Dimaggio's last game as a Yankee
In the 1951 World series, one of the greatest careers in American Sports history ended when Joe Dimaggio played his last game with the New York Yankees against thw New York Giants http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/artist_biographies/Joe_DiMaggio_Biography.htm -
First Mechanical Heart in United States
41-year-old Henry Opitek, suffering from shortness of breath, made medical history at Harper University Hospital at Wayne State University in Michigan. The Dodrill-GMR heart machine, considered to be the first operational mechanical heart, was successfully used while performing heart surgery. -
Fighting ends in Korea.
The Atomic Bomb Was what the US droped on Korea to make the Korean Republic surrender and let the US take victory -
The Supream Court signs the Brown vs. Board of Education
lets african americans got to white public schools
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DC-7
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Rosa Parks Refuses to give up seat
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in the middle of a segeregation laws to a white man, She then was arrested but this day was very important to the civil rights movement. She is now considered the mother of Modern CIvil Rights Movement and very important to Barack Obama's election -
Elvis Presley First Becomes Famous
First time Elvis gets broadcasted nationaly http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000062/bio http://scrapetv.com/News/News Pages/Entertainment/pages/Katt-Williams-plane-crash-death-rumour-brings-new-life-to-career-Scrape-TV-The-World-on-your-side.html -
Dwight Eisenhower has Stroke
He also made his health problems public, one of the 1st to do so. -
First Satalite Orbits Earth
Explorer 1 is the first satilite to orbit earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Launch_of_Jupiter_C_with_Explorer_1.jpg http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0131 -
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