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Cold war
Made to just put a picture in. Most historians say that the cold war began right after World war 2. -
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Cold War
No specific date just a whole lot of "i got nukes and you got nukes lets threaten each other and scare every one in the world with a nuclear holocaust." -
Swing was invented
A favorite type of music of mine. The king of swing is BENNY GOODMAN. An amazingly talented person to my ears. From 1935 to 1946 swing was very popular -
Television take over
Nearly two thirds of Americans had a television in their home. -
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Korean War "Police Action"
Syngman Rhee boasted that he was going to attack North Korea. Poor stupid stupid man got south Korea demolished by the north. -
ICBMs created
intercontinental ballistic missiles created by the US at the end of the 1950s -
Rosa Park sits in front of the bus
Courageouse Black women who said no to segragation and was jailed for sitting in the front of the bus in the "whites only" section. -
Highway system
President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The bill created a 41,000-mile National System of Interstate. -
Rock n Roll invented
Chuck Berry invented Rock n roll and deserves the title as the Father of the Rock Age. -
Russia launches Sputnik
The first artifical sattillite to be launched into space -
NASA created
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created after russia launched their sputnik sattellite -
Freedom Riders
Leaving DC on May 4th 1961 expecting to get to New Orlens on May 17th. On the way they used as many white persons only fascilaties as possible. Which result in a riot, -
Berlin wall was constructed
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Berlin Wall
Wall seperating east and west berlin. -
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is Assassinated
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Texas while riding in his open top limo. -
Martian Luther King Jr.
On April 4th MLKJ died in Memphis TN. One of the bravest men in history who stood up for his and every other african americans right to be treated as equals. -
First man on the moon
Apollo 11 was launched into space and Neil armstong was the first man to walkj on the moon. -
READ ME!!!!!!!
If the date says Oct 1 it means i couldnt find a specific day it started/made.
