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Refugee Polices
Refugee policies were incorporated into immigration regulation by using the McCarran-Walter Act in order to get rid of over thirty million dislocated Europeans -
Bracero Program
In 1955, the US Border patrol launched the "Operation Wetback" program to deport undocumented migrants, but the number of undocumented Mexican workers increased again after the Bracero Program -
"Mistake out" or liquid paper is made
Secretary Bette Nesmith Graham -
Independence for Spain's African Territories
Spanish Guinea and Western Sahara gained their independence from Spain between 1956 and 1975 -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungry fell to Russia on November 10, 1956 -
Military government falls in Venezuela
South America: The military government fell in Venezuela after being under military personnel for 10 years -
Little Rock Nine
North America: The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students who enrolled in the all-white Central High School in 1957 -
First Hula Hoop made
Richard Kheer and Arthur Melin -
Mao Zedong
proposed the Great Leap Forward -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
added two new states to the United States -
ANC Youth League in Johannesburg
Africa: Walter Sisulu attends a secret meeting -
Decolonization of French Black Africa
Most French colonies in Black Africa became independent in 1960 -
Independence for Belgium's African Colonies
After bloody riots in 1959, the Belgian Government quickly yeilded to demands for indepedence in 1960 -
Berlin Wall
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany -
Nelson Mandela
Jailed in 1962 for the leadership of African National Congress and was elected president of South Africa 4 years after he was released -
Cuban Missile Crisis
US spy plane reported a sighting of "Soviet Nuclear missile in Cuba and the US agreed not to invade Cuba -
Toyko Olympic Games
Asia: The Tokyo Olympic Games are hosted for the first time ever in Asia -
Computer Mouse
Douglas Engelbart -
Soviet Union ratifies the Warsaw Pact
Europe: Churchill calls the Warsaw Pact equivalent of forming an "Iron Curtain" across Europe, and the Cold War Depens -
Car Growth
Automobiles and highways were essential to suburban growth, in addition, Americans owned 25 million cars in 1945 and by 1965, that that number tripled to 75 million cars
