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Dwight D. Eisenhower
He served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the massive invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe that began on D-Day (June 6, 1944). During his presidency, Eisenhower managed Cold War-era tensions with the Soviet Union under the looming threat of nuclear weapons, ended the war in Korea in 1953 and authorized a number of covert anti-communist operations by the CIA around the world. -
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Ray Kroc
He joined the California company McDonald's in 1954, just a few months after the McDonald brothers had branched out from their original 1940 operation in San Bernardino. Kroc was turning the chain into a nationwide company, making it the most successful fast food corporation in the world. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. Upon taking office, Johnson launched an ambitious slate of progressive reforms aimed at creating a “Great Society” for all Americans. Many of his programs had a profound and lasting impact in health, education and civil rights. -
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Richard Nixon
He was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so. Nixon stepped down in 1974, halfway through his second term, rather than face impeachment over his efforts to cover up illegal activities by members of his administration in the Watergate scandal. -
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Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was an American physician and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio. -
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John F. Kennedy
He served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. As president, Kennedy confronted mounting Cold War tensions in Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere. He also led a renewed drive for public service and eventually provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement. -
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Gary Powers
He was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. -
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Abbie Hoffman
He was an American political and social activist, anarchist, and revolutionary who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies").