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Baby Boom
The baby boom stretched through the 50's, but officially started in 1946; a record of 3.4 million babies were born in the US. -
First Modern Credit Card Introduced
Frank McNamara thought of a way that citizens could use one card to purchase items from any store. His problem came up when a friend had borrowed money from him iin exchange for various cards that he could not use at the particular restaurant he was dining at one day. -
Color TV
On this day, CBS aired the first color television episode. Unfortunatly, barely anyone could watch it because color TVs were not common. -
LEGOs Came to Be
Formerly known as Automatic Binding Bricks, LEGOs became very well known in this year. -
Segregation Ruled Illegal
Brown vs. Board of Education decided the complete abolishment of segregation. -
Disney Land Opens
On this day, Disney opened for a couple thousand specially invited guests, and then to everyone else the following day. The parks it offered were Fantasy Land, Tomorrow Land, Frontier Land, Adventure land, and Main Street. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man, for this she was arrested and fined. -
Laika Becomes First Animal to Enter Orbit
Aboard Sputnik 2, Laika survived the launch into space. Unfortunatly, a return route was not planned out, so she died in space. This sparked animal rights debates. -
Television
By the late 1950's, 90% of american homes had a TV in it. -
Peace Symbol Created
British artist, Gerard Holtom created it with different intentions, but it is today used as a universal symbol of peace.
