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Hydrogen Bomb
On this date president Truman approved the hydrobomb. -
Diners Club
The first credit card introduced in America caled the Diners Club which is still around today. -
Baby Boom
Post war baby boom starts to take place. -
First Transplant
The first organ transplant occured and it was a kidney. -
Korean War
On this day the Korean War begins. -
Rock n' Roll
This term was officially made and stuck all the way to modern times. -
The Day The Earth Stood Still
This popular movie was released and was about an alien robot. -
First Pan American Games
First olympic style games and competition takes place. -
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy debuted on CBS and ran until 1957. -
Birth Control
The birth control pill was finally fully developed. -
Polio Disease
The polio epidemic kills 3300. -
Mr Potato Head
This super popular toy was released by Hasbro. -
Today
The Today Show debuted on NBC with host Dave Garroway. -
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II took over. -
The Corvette
The prototype of this popular chevorlet was made. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as the United States president during January . Republican Eisenhower and his running mate Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson with a total of 442 electoral votes to 89 and a popular vote of 55.2 percent to 44.3 percent. -
Polio Vaccine
Jonas Salk gives himself and his family the polio vaccine. -
F5 Tornado strikes Waco
Leaves 114 dead and 597 injured. -
End Of Korean War
The war comes to an end 33,629 US troops, about 3,000 UN troops, about 50,000 South Koreans, and an estimated 1.5 million Communists from China and North Korea died. -
U.S.S.R. - Hydrogen Bomb
The Soviet Union announces it has tested its own hydrogen bomb during August . -
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
US Supreme Court rules against the Board of Education in an unanimous decision. The court states that separate but equal is inherently unequal when it comes to providing public education and that the segregation of public schools violated the 14th Amendment. -
Operation Wetback
US "Operation Wetback" is started on 17th July to send back to Mexico almost 4 million illegal immigrants. -
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated first issue. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island in New York closes as a point of Immigration. -
McCarthyism
Senator McCarthy is formally censured by the Senate in a 67 to 22 vote, effectively ending his Communist witch hunt. -
Vietnam
The United States begins its involvement in the Vietnam conflict. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign the Warsaw Pact on May 14th integrating the military, economic and cultural policy between the eight Communist nations. -
Disneyland
Disneyland opens in California on July 17th. -
The Mickey Mouse Club
"The Mickey Mouse Club" debuts on ABC. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, an African-American bus passenger, is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. -
First Computer Hard Drive
The first hard disk is invented by IBM. -
Nikita Khrushchev denounces Stalin
Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev gives secret speech denouncing Stalin. -
My Fair Lady
"My Fair Lady" opens on Broadway starring Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins. -
Federal-Aid Highway Act
Federal-Aid Highway Act signed into law on 29th June for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways over a 20-year period. -
Browder v. Gayle
Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by US Supreme Court. -
Asian Flu Pandemic
Asian Flu pandemic claims over 150,000 lives world wide. -
Baby Boomers
1957 was the peak of the Baby Boomer years. -
Final I Love Lucy
The final new episode of the classic television comedy “I Love Lucy” aired on CBS. -
First artificial satellite Sputnik 1
USSR launches Sputnik 1 on inaugurating the Space Age and the Space Race. -
Little Rock Nine
The National Guard on the order of Governor Orval Faubus is used to prevent nine African American students from entering Central High School in Little Rock on September 4th and shortly after Federal troops charge defiant protesters with fixed bayonets to ensure nine African American Students can attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. -
Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter space - a dog named Laika. -
US Unemployment
US Unemployment reaches 5.2 million. -
The U.S. launches the Explorer 1 satellite
The U.S. launches the Explorer 1 satellite. -
The Munich Air Disaster
The Munich Air Disaster occurs after a plane crashes carrying the Manchester United team on on February 6th. -
Soviet Union -- Sputnik 3 Launched
The Soviet Union successfully launches the Sputnik 3 satellite on May 15th. -
NASA Created
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, commonly referred to as NASA. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba after Revolution with the first communist state in the west. -
Pioneer 4 Spacecraft
NASA launches the Pioneer 4 spacecraft on March 3rd. -
Kitchen Debate
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and the Soviet Union’s Premier Nikita Khrushchev engage in an impromptu debate on July 24th. -
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
Hawaii becomes the 50th state. -
The Luna 2 spacecraft crashes into the Moon
The Soviet Union crashes the Luna 2 spacecraft into the Moon, making it the first man-made object to reach the Moon's surface.
