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Harry Truman
33rd president of the United States he led his country through the final stages of World War II -
Joe McCarthy
was an American politician and attorney who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin -
Rosenbergs
Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during and after World War II. -
space monkey
Space Monkey is a cloud storage company founded by Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock in 2011. -
Red China
Communist-controlled China (1927–49), territories held during the Chinese Civil War. People's Republic of China. China during the Cultural Revolution. -
Panmunjom
The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel -
Sally Ride
the first American woman in space. -
England's got a new queen
Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, at the age of 27. -
Campanella
In 1951, Campanella won the National League Most Valuable Player Award while hitting. -
Dien Bien Phu falls
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War -
Rock Around the Clock
s a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. -
Disneyland
Disneyland rides, and shows based on the creations of Walt Disney and the Disney Company. -
Alabama
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabam -
Trouble in the Suez
The Suez Crisis was an international crisis in the Middle East that was precipitated on July 26, 1956, when the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. -
Little rock
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. I -
California baseball
The 1957 Major League Baseball season was played from April 15 to October 10, 1957 -
U2
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. -
The birth control
The birth control pill that containsto change the way the body works and prevent pregnancy. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban -
Ole Miss
the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi to prevent the enrollment of the first African American student to attend the university, James Meredith, a U.S. military -
Hula hoops
Its a toy, typically a hollow plastic tube that people played with -
Malcolm X
African American leader in the civil rights movement -
woodstock
The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history -
Ayatollah's in Iran
Usually as a prelude to such status, a mujtahid is asked to publish a juristic treatise in which he answers questions about the application of Islam to present-time daily affairs. -
Crack
The name "crack" first appeared in the New York Times on November 17, 1985. Within a year more than a thousand press stories had been released about the drug. -
China's under martial law
June 9, 1989 Location Beijing, China Result End of student-led demonstrations, PLA retake Tiananmen Square and streets of Beijing