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England got a new Queen
Queen Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, and is crowned the next year. Click here for more info! -
Rock Around the Clock
a new hit single released by Bill Haley & His Comets. Click here for more info! -
Peter Pan
broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin Click here for more info! -
Malcom X
makes his infamous statement "The chickens have come home to roost" about the Kennedy assassination, thus causing the Nation of Islam to censor him Click here for more Info! -
Birth Control
oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. Click here for more info! -
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Aids
A collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is first detected and recognized in the 1980s, and was on its way to becoming a pandemic Click here for more info! -
