Joel's timeline

By Lumberjack504

  • mccarthyism

    •Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt.He accussed people of being communist spies, capitolizing on the publics fear.
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    timespan 50's-90's

  • korean war begins

  • Playboy

    •First Playboy Magazine was released.•Joseph Stalin Dies

  • atomic submarine

    •First Atomic Submarine Launched

  • cancer sticks

    Reporter says ciggarettes cause cancer

  • mcdonald's

    •McDonald's Corporation Founded. •Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus.

  • Krushchev

    krushchev denounces stalin

  • Sputnik

    soviets launched sputnik space age

  • Soviet space dog

    laika becomes become the first animal in orbit.

  • hula hoop's become popular

    •Hula Hoops Become Popular.LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced.

  • nasa created

    NASA created

  • LEGO

    LEGO blocls introduced for the first time

  • FDA approves Birth control

    Birth control pills approved by FDA

  • lazer warz :D

    lazers invented

  • Chilean earth quake

    Most Powerful earthquake ever hits Chile

  • Bay of pigs failure

    Bay of pigs invasion

  • soviet tsar bomb

    tsar bomba Largest nuclear bomb ever exploded

  • bay of pigs

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

  • Missle crisis

    the Cuban missle crisis

  • marlinyn monroe

    marilyn monroe found dead

  • Wal-mart

    First wal-mart opened

  • u.s.s.r and u.s.a hotline

    "Hotline" established between U.S.A and U.S.S.R

  • JFK killed

    JFK Assassinated

  • "I have a dream"

    Martin Luther king give the "i have a dream" speech.

  • six day war

    Six-Day War in the Middle East

  • MLK killed

    Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

  • Woodstock

    Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock

  • Beatles break up

    Beatles Break Up

  • watergate

    Watergate Scandal Begins
    1

  • Veitnam pullout

    U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam

  • Nixon resigns

    U.S. President Nixon Resigns

  • Elvis dies

    Elvis Found Dead

  • tar wars =D

    Star Wars Movie Released

  • Nuclear accident

    Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island

  • St .Helens erupts

    Mount St. Helens Erupts

  • Reagan shoot

    Assassination Attempt on U.S. President Reagan

  • THILLER THILLER NIGHT!

    Michael Jackson Releases Thriller

  • Glasnost

    Mikhail Gorbachev Calls for Glasnost and Perestroika

  • Famine

    Famine in Ethiopia

  • DNA used for the law

    DNA First Used to Convict Criminals