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Living History
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Joseph McCarthy-McCarthyism
He was the senator of Wisconsin. McCarthy took advantage of the nation’s wave of fanatic terror against communism.On February 9, 1950, he had 205 people in the State Department who were members of the American Communist Party. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. In the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 -
Korean War
This was a war fought between North Korea and South Korea. They were fighting over the division of Korea. This war was supported by the united nations. And the Democratic people's Republic of Korea. This war resulted in Korea being divided. -
Capture of Seoul
For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul during Operation Ripper. -
Winston Churchill (Prime Minister)
He was chosen Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940. He lead the country in WWII. But surrendered to Germany. -
Color T.V.
On June 25, 1951, CBS broadcast the very first commercial color TV program. Unfortunately, nearly no one could watch it on their black-and-white televisions.This first color program was a variety show called, "Premiere". -
Hydrogen Bomb
The concept of the thermonuclear weapon was first developed and used in 1952 and has been used in most of the world's nuclear weapons.The modern design of all thermonuclear weapons in the United States is known as the Teller-Ulam.Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, are the ones who developed it. -
Polio Vaccine created
Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis (or polio). The first vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and fwas tested in 1952. An oral vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin using attenuated poliovirus. Human trials of Sabin's vaccine began in 1957 and it was licensed in 1962. -
Signs Peace Treaty with Japan
September 1951 the United States and 48 other nations signed a formal peace treaty with Japan. But on April 17th Truman signed a peace treaty with Japan. -
Seat belts introduced.(in cars)
In 1956, Volvo introduced a two-point cross-chest diagonal belt. -
Great Smog
December 5 to December 9, 1952, a thick fog settled on London. This fog mixed with trapped black smoke to create a deadly layer of smog. The smog proved deadly -
Communist Infiltration
In October of 1953, McCarthy started to investigate “communist infiltration into the military.” -
Civil Rights movement
NAACP member Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger, In response to her arrest the Montgomery black community launches a bus boycott, which will last for more than a year, until the buses are desegregated Dec. 21, 1956. As newly elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., is instrumental in leading the boycott. Read more: Civil R -
Vietnam War
A Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30 1975. -
End of MCarthyism
"the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. In the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 -
Prime Minister of Canada
June 21 John Diefenbaker becomes 13th Prime Minister of Canada. -
Candidacy
Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency -
Harvey Gantt
African American student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson University in South Carolina, the last U.S. state to hold out against racial integration. -
Assassination of J.F.K
Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000. -
Outer Space Treaty
The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty. -
Nixon Doctrine
US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine". Nixon stated that "the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends," but would not "undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world." This doctrine meant that each ally nation was in charge of its own security in general, but the United States would act as a nuclear umbrella when requested -
peace with Vietnam
U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam. -
End of Vietnam War
This was the end of the vietnam War in Saigon. -
Department of Energy
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. This allowed the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production. -
Assassination of Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan withstands an assassination attempt, shot in the chest while walking to his limousine in Washington, D.C. -
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).During the initial infection, a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. You can catch it through unprtoected sex, transmitting blood, and sharing saliva. -
Terrorist Attack
A terrorist truck bomb kills two hundred and forty-one United States peacekeeping troops in Lebanon at Beirut International Airport. A second bomb destroyed a French barracks two miles away, killing forty there -
Tax Reform
President Reagan unveiled a new tax program that would simplify tax laws and lower America's tax rates. The new laws would lower the maximum personal income tax rate of 35.5 and would decrease the number of rates from 11 to 3. It also lowered corporate rates. -
Death of Princess Diana
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash. On August 31, 1997. Diana, Princess of Wales died after being involved in a car accident. Diana had been riding in the Mercedes-Benz with her boyfriend (Dodi Al Fayed), bodyguard (Trevor Rees-Jones), and chauffer (Henri Paul) when the car crashed into a pillar of the tunnel under the Pont de l'Alma bridge in Paris while fleeing from paparazzi. -
Black Monday
•The largest stock-market drop in Wall Street history occurred on "Black Monday" -- October 19, 1987 -- when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points, losing 22.6% of its total value. That fall far surpassed the one-day loss of 12.9% that began the great stock market crash of 1929 and foreshadowed the Great Depression
