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Studebaker
a popular car company, begins its financial downfall. -
Joe McCarthy
the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech. -
Liberace
Liberace has a popular 1950s television show for his musical entertainment. -
Sergei Prokofiev
composer, dies on March 5, the same day as Stalin -
Gamal Abdel Nasser
acts as the true power behind the new Egyptian nation as Muhammad Naguib's minister of the interior. -
Roy Campanella
an African-American baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, receives the National League's Most Valuable Player award for the second time. -
Roy Cohn
resigns as Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel and enters private practice with the fall of McCarthy. He also worked to prosecute the Rosenbergs, mentioned earlier in verse. -
Edsel
is a no-go: Production of this car marque ends after only three years due to poor sales. -
John F. Kennedy
beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election. -
Lebanon
engulfed in a political and religious crisis that eventually involves U.S. intervention.
