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Harry Truman
He was 33rd president of the united states that led his country at the final stages of world war ll -
Red China
Communist controlled china territories held during the Chinese Civil war. -
Joe McCarthy
He was a American politician and attorney who served as a Republican U.S -
Panmunjom
peace talks began between the U.N. and North Korea in the village of Panmunjom -
Rosenbergs
Rosenberg were convicted on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death under Section 2 of the Espionage Act -
England's got a new queen
After a long illness King George Vl Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at sandringham. -
Rock around the Clock
No one had scored an American top 20 hit with anything that could really qualify as Rock'n Roll -
Campanella
He won his second MVP in 1953 while driving in a record 142 runs as a catcher. -
Dien Bien Phu falls
It was a climactic confrontation of the first Indochina war. -
Alabama
Negro bus operators were employed on predominantly Negro routes. -
Disney Land
Originally Disneyland is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim California -
Trouble in the suez
The tripartite aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai war in Israel was an invasion of Egypt -
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 it was launched into an elliptical low earth orbit by the USSR. -
California Baseball
62 years ago this past Saturday major league baseball changed forever the Los Angeles Dodgers made their debut in their new home city. -
Hula hoops
Arthur Melin applied for a patent for his version of the hula hoop. -
Space Monkey
The united states finally succeeded in sending monkeys into space in bringing them home alive. -
U2
The U-2 incident occurred on 1 May 1960 when an american U-2 spy plane was a shot down by the Soviet Air defense force. -
Bay of pigs invasion
The bay of pigs invasion was a failed landing operation on the south western coast of Cuba. -
Ole Miss
The ole Miss riot of 1962 or Battle of oxford was an incident of mob violence by proponents. -
Malcolm X
Gave a speech at the university of California Berkeley in which he outlined philosophy of black nationalism as promoted by the nation of Islam. -
Birth control
The supreme court rules in Griswold v. Connecticut that married couples have a constitution right to privacy that includes the right to use birth control. -
woodstock
Woodstock was a music festival held august 15-18 1969 on Max Yasgur's diary farm in Bethel New York. -
Ayatollah's in Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini known in the western world as Ayatollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, philosopher, revolutionary and politician. -
crack
crack epidemic the significant increase in the use of crack cocaine or crack in the united states during the early 1980s -
Sally ride
She became the first american woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle challenger. -
China's under martial law
Ignoring government warnings of violent suppression of any mass demonstration, students from more than 40 universities began a march to Tienanmen on