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Census counts a population in US
Ends up counting a population in the United States over 150 million people. The 14% increase since the last census now showed a count of 150,697,361. The most populous state in the United States was New York, now followed by California. -
Korean War begins
A three year conflict when troops of North Korea, backed with Soviet weaponry, invade South Korea. Leading the US to get involved to help the south. -
First Peanuts Cartoon Strip
Orginally called "li'l Folks" -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty
They were found guilty of conspiracy of wartime espionage and sentenced to death. -
CBS broadcasts first color commerial
Very first color commerial. Hwever, many families could not see it because of their black and white tvs. -
First hydrogen bomb expolded
At Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, the bomb named Mike was exploded. -
General Dwight D. Eisenhower wins Election
A newcomer to politics, gains an easy victory over Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson because of role in War World II. The Electoral College vote was 442 to 89. -
First to climb Mt. Everest
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. -
CIA involves US in Iran
US assists in the overthrow of the government in Iran, and helps retain the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the throne. -
First large scale vaccination
The first large scale vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional
United States Supreme Court in Brown vs. the Board of Education caused it to be declared unconstitutional. The ruling of the court stated that racial segregation violated the 14th Amendment's clause that guaranteed equal protection. -
Rosa Parks refuses
Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court -
Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show
Sullivan paid Elvis to go on his show 3 time for 50,000 dollars.
Sullivan couldn't host his first show apperence. -
President again.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term in office -
Alaska a state
Alaska is admitted to the United States as the 49th state. -
Hawaii a state
Becomes the 50th state in the US
