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infoA nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952.
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infoThe King and I was a musical based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam.
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InfoThe Mafia is an organized crime society. They were the center of the attention of the FBI and the public.
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infoAn American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960.
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infoThe first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
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infoA hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983.
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info President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He first attempted to be president in 1976.
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infoCocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s. A drug used in the 1980's.
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infoIn 1983 she becomes the first American woman in space.
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infoChina declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.