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Baby Boom
http://www.history.com/topics/baby-boomersIs any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds. People born during such a period are often called baby boomers; however, some experts distinguish between those born during such demographic baby booms and those who identify with the overlapping cultural generations. -
U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
videoTruman announced that he had directed the Atomic Agency Commission 'to continue with its work on all forms of atomic energy weapons, including the so-called hydrogen or super-bomb. -
Korean War begins
summeryWas a war between the Republic of Korea South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
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Korean War
http://www.history.com/topics/korean-warwas a war between the Republic of Korea South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Pecae treaty
more infoThis treaty served to officially end World War II, to formally end Japan's position as an imperial power, and to allocate compensation to Alliedcivilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes. This treaty made extensive use of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to enunciate the Allies' goals. <a href='http://www.taiwandocuments.org/sanfrancisco01.ht -
Polio Vaccine Created
it consists of an injected dose of inactivated poliovirus. An oral vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin using attenuated poliovirus. Human trials of Sabin's vaccine began in 1957, and it was licensed in 1962. -
The Great Smog of 1952
thick fog settled on London. This fog mixed with trapped black smoke to create a deadly layer of smog. Although there was no great panic at the time, the smog proved deadly. In the five days it hovered over London, the smog killed 4,000 people. In the following weeks, another 8,000 people died from exposure to the Great Smog of 1952. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Stalin was paranoid in any case and in his later years he suffered from arterio-sclerosis. There’s a theory that this may have exacerbated his temper, which became ever more savage as he grew older. His doctor, Vladimir Vinogradov, noticed a marked change for the worse in Stalin’s health early in 1952. When he suggested that the dictator start to take things more easily, the patient flew into a furious rage and had him arrested. -
ulius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
Were American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact Signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formedWas a mutual defense treaty among eightcommunist States of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The founding treaty was established under the initiative of the Soviet Union and signed in Warsaw. -
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Vietnam War
http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamwar.htmwas a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Hungarian Revolution
It was the first major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove out the Nazis at the end of World War II and occupied Eastern Europe. Despite the failure of the uprising, it was highly influential, and came to play a role in the downfall of the Soviet Union decades later -
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Space Race
http://www.history.com/topics/space-raceCompetition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States , for supremacy in spaceflight capability. The technological superiority required for such supremacy was seen as necessary for national security, and symbolic of ideological superiority. -
NASA Founded
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958 with a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, disestablishing NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics The new agency became operational on October 1, 1958 -
First Atomic Submarine
http://www.ussnautilus.org/nautilus/USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel was the first submarine to complete a submerged transit to the North Pole -
Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile
Was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon, and the resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands. -
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Berlin Wall
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-germans-kill-man-trying-to-cross-berlin-wallBefore the rise of the Berlin Wall in 1961, 3.5 million East Germans circumvented Eastern Bloc emigration restrictions, many by crossing over the border from East Berlin into West Berlin, from where they could then travel to West Germany and other Western European countries. -
Tsar Bomba
Is the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerful nuclear weaponever detonated. Its October 30, 1961 test remains the most powerful artificial explosion in human history. It was also referred to asKuz'kina Mat' referring to Nikita Khrushchev's promise to show the United States a "Kuz'kina Mat'" at the 1960 United Nations General Assembly. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisisThe crisis is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict and is also the first documented instance of mutual assured destruction being discussed as a determining factor in a major international arms agreement -
Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/i-have-a-dream-speech/in which he called for an end toracism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
JFK Assassinated
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htmin Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. A ten-month investigation from November 1963 to September 1964 by the Warren Commission concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial. -
Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison
http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017Mandela was one of eight men accused of conspiracy and sabotage in the so-called Rivonia Trial, named after a suburb of Johannesburg where African National Congress leaders had hidden out in a farmhouse. -
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/Is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public known as public accommodations. -
U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1965.html President Lyndon B. Johnson, per the authority given to him by Congress in the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, decided to escalate the Vietnam Conflict by sending U.S. ground troops to Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam; they are the first U.S. troops arrive in Vietnam. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated He was a former Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. He was 39. -
Los Angeles Riots
http://crdl.usg.edu/events/watts_riots/?Welcome&WelcomeThe six-day unrest resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage. It was the most severe riot in the city's history until the Los Angeles riots of 1992. -
New York City Great Blackout
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-northeast-blackoutWas a significant disruption in the supply of electricity 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and Jersey in the United States. Over 30 million people and 80,000 square miles were left without electricity for up to 13 hours. -
Six-Day War in the Middle East
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/850855/Six-Day-WarBy Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt known at the time as the United Arab Republic, Jordan, and Syria. The war began on June 5 with Israel launching surprise strikes against Egyptian air fields in response to the mobilization of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. -
Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
Four jet aircraft bound for New York City and one for London were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and instead landed at the PFLP's "Revolutionary Airport". By the end of the incident, one hijacker had been killed and one injury reported. -
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Eatser Offensive
