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John D. Rockefeller
He founded the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. -
Joseph Stalin
He became a leader of the Soviet Union -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He's a general who participated on invading Normandy and also becamme president. -
Harry Truman
He presided the atomic dropings and announced V-day. -
Ho Chi Minh
A Vietnamese leader who is part of the communist party of North Vietnam. -
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Commusist Bloc
The coalition of communist states to to protect Soviet military interests. -
Joseph McCarthy
An US Senator who list members who are Communist spies. -
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Korean War
War fought between North Korea and South Korea. -
H-bomb
The US developed the first hydrogen bomb and was tested in Enewetak atoll. -
Santayana Goodbye
Santayana died in Rome from cancer. Billy Joel add "goodbye to his name". -
Polio vaccine
The first polio vaccine arrives at Mayo Clinic. -
Disneyland
Walt Disney opened a theme park as the start of an new era of theme park entertainment. -
Elvis Presley
He was popular for his singing in rock and roll. -
Sputnik
Soviet Union lauched the first satilite in space. -
Boris Pasternak
One of the Russia's greatest post-revolutionary poets. -
Sugar Ray Robinson
He was the best boxer in the 1958 by defeating Carmen Basilio. -
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Nikita Khrushchev
He sponsored the early Soviet space program and reformed the domestic policy. -
The Bay of Pigs
The US tried to invade Cuba and to overthrow Fidel Castro's government, but the Cuban planes stop the invaders leading -
John Glenn
The first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth in three orbits and became a US senator. -
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British Beatlemania
A female-led fan culture of beatles. -
JFK assination
JFK got assisnated in Dallas, Dealey Plaza. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
He was a African American Muslim minister and human rights activist that was shot multiple times and died. -
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Richard Nixon
He presided the moon landing and start the Watergate. -
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Cola wars
A rivarly between Pepsi and Coca Cola. -
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Watergate Scandal
President Nixon had people break-in the watergate to win election. -
Wheel of Fortune
An American game show of wining cash prizes of solving puzzles and spinng the wheel. -
Afghan–Soviet War
Soviet invade afghanistan to overthrow Amin. -
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Crack Epidemic
A surge of the drug that has high profitability that affected the US. -
AIDS
A diseas made in increases of domosexual men and thier sexual interactions. -
Ronald Reagan
He took office and introduced his Regeanomics to stop stagflation.