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First playboy magizine
27-year-old Hugh Hefner published the very first Playboy magazine. Hefner sold 54,175 copies with Marilyn Monroe being the very first playmate -
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.
Segregation was ruled illegal in U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by ruling that segregation was "inherently unequal. -
Disneyland Opens
The first Disneyland was located in Anaheim, California on what used to be a 160-acre orange orchard, cost $17 million to build. Walt Disney was the founder of Disney land -
Emmett Till Murdered
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, He was then beaten, shot in the head, and then thrown into Tallahatchie River. His body was found three days later. Ostensibly, the murderers killed Till because he whistled at a white woman. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up
Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man while riding on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks' refusal to leave her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and is considered the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement. -
T.V. Remote Control Invented yay!!!
The Zenith Radio Corporation created the very first television remote control in 1950 called "Lazy Bone. However, it was not a wireless remote control. -
LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced
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Fidel Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
Cuba on December 2, 1956, Castro and his group of trained rebels (the 26th of July Movement) landed on Cuban soil with the intention of starting a revolution. Although not at first appointed president, Castro succeeded in taking power of the new Cuban government by July 1959. -
The Birth Control Pill Is Approved by the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the world's first commercially produced birth-control bill--Enovid-10, made by the G.D. Searle Company of Chicago, Illinois. . The first birth control pill approved was Enovid, an oral contraceptive manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Searle, also known as 'The Pill'. -
Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile
It is referred to as the "Great Chilean Earthquake" and the "1960 Valdivia Earthquake.
Approximately 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile -
Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation on Interstate Buse
13 African-American decided to take freedom rides to ttempted to integrate facilities at bus stops in the dirty South. These riders were recruited by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) -
Eichmann Trial
Adolf Eichmann's trial began on April 11, 1961 in Jerusalem, Israel. Eichmann was charged with 15 counts of crimes against the Jewish people, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and membership in a hostile organization.At the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, like many top Nazi leaders, attempted to flee defeated Germany. -
First Wal-Mart Opens
Walmart store opened in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, The Walton family owned 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales. In the 1970s, a decade of incredible growth, "Mr. Sam" began to take Walmart national, proving his vision's widespread appeal -
Marilyn Monroe Found Dead
Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room. After a brief investigation, Los Angeles police concluded that her death was "caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide." -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In a TV address on October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy (1917-63) notified Americans about the presence of the missiles. JFK .S. was prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
On September 15, a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama–a church with a predominantly black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Four young girls were killed and many other people injured; -
Buddhist Monk Sets Himself on Fire in Protest
A young man set himself on fire performing a ritual suicide in protest against governmental anti-Buddhist policies. Buddhist leadership quickly organized demonstrations that eventually led to seven monks burning themselves to death. -
President John F. Kennedy's Assassination
John F. Kennedy, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. After researching all the available evidence about Kennedy’s assassination, the Warren Commission officially ruled in 1964 that Oswald acted alone; a point still greatly contested by conspiracy theorists worldwide. -
The Beatles
The Beatles shaped not only music but also an entire generation. People mimicked them including haircuts, clothing, and outlook. Their style and innovative music set the standard for all musicians to follow February 9, 1964, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show that ensured Beatlemania in America. -
Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison
leader in the African National Congress, an organization dedicated to protesting the South African government’s policy. Nelson was sentnced for life for what was called sabatoge but was released 27 years later. -
Black Panther Party Established
The two founders of the Black Panther Party were Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale.Black Panther Party was first formed in California. The Black Panthers felt that the nonviolent movement and protest failed its purpose. They played a little role in the Civil Rights movement and their -
First Super Bowl
the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship, later known as Super Bowl I. The very first Super Bowl was played by the Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chief 10. -
Thurgood Marshall Becomes the First African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall became the first african american to work in the Supreme Court Justice,Soon after leaving Lincoln University in 1930, he attented Marshall attended Howard University Law School, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1933. -
My Lai Massacre
During the Vietnam War U.S. soldiers entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai on a search and destroy mission. Under Lt. Calley's command, the soldiers mkilled somewhere between 347 and 504 civilians, including women, children, and the elderly. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee just before getting sniped. April 3, back in Memphis, King gave his last sermon, saying, "We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop...And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not -
Sesame Street First Airs
TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. "Sesame Street," with its memorable theme song ("Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street") lol i remember these days my younging days when i had no worries butr anyways. thi sshow has went on to become one of the most famous showa all over the world It has aired in more than 120 countries. -
Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon
As a part of the Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the Eagle and stepped out onto the ladder, climbing all th eway to the bottom of th eladder he became the first man to step foot on the moon. A few minutes later, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin followed him. -
VCRs Introduced
videocassette format is introduced in North America at a press conference before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Chicago. he VCR would cost $1,280. That’s about $4,600 in inflation-adjusted dollars. Blank tapes were priced at $20 ($72 these days). -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
8 members of the Palestinian terrorist organization, Black September, snuck into the Olympic Village at the XXth Olympic Games which were held in Munich, Germany.members raided the building housing the Israeli athletes. Two Israeli athletes were killed during the raid and nine others were taken hostage. Five of the Black September members were killed and the other three were taken into custody. -
Terracotta Army Discovered in China
Three farmers were drilling holes in the hopes of finding water to dig wells when they came upon some ancient terracotta pottery shards.What these farmers had discovered was the 2200-year-old remains of a life-sized, terracotta army which had been buried with Qin Shihuangdi -
Microsoft Founded
founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque.Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. -
Star Wars Movie Released
20th Century Fox releases George Lucas' space odyssey Star Wars.After Lucas' second feature film, American Graffiti (1973), became a hit, Fox agreed to put up $9.5 million for the writer-director's next project. After four years in production, including location shots in Tunisia and Death Valley, California, Star Wars was ready for its release -
Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Presley was known as the king of rock and roll. Doctors said he died of a heart attack, likely brought on by his addiction to prescription barbiturates. -
First Test-Tube Baby Born
Lesley Brown underwent the very experimental in vitro fertilization procedure. This time, the doctors implanted the fertilized egg back into Brown in a shorter time period than they had previously tried.on July 25, 1978, Lesley Brown delivered a five-pound 12-ounce baby girl via Cesarean section. They baby girl was named Louise Joy Brown. -
Jonestown Massacre
Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones instructed his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced fruit punch. Jonestown compound in Guyana, 912 Peoples Temple members (276 of whom were children) drank the punch and died. -
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. St. Helens was the worst volcanic disaster in U.S. history, known as Louwala-Clough; "The Fuji of America". Though Mt. St. Helens is approximately 40,000-years old, it is considered a relatively young, active volcano. -
Pac-Man
This game was first released in Japan. Japanese game designer Toru Iwatani was eating pizza when he came up with the idea for the Pac-Man character. PacMan has been a huge hit sense the 1980s and is still relevent today -
Reagan Assassination Attempt
President Reagan was fired at outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. President Reagan was hit by one bullet, which punctured his lung, but did in fact survive -
Assassination Attempt on the Pope
in Rome's St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II is shot. . Four days after being shot, he offered forgiveness to his would-be assassin from his hospital bed. The pontiff spent three weeks in the hospital before being released fully recovered from his wounds. -
Discovery of the Titanic Shipwreck
After the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, the ship has been on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for over 70 years.Dr. Robert Ballard, found the Titanic over two miles below the ocean’s surface by using an unmanned submersible called Argo.
