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Doris Day
If you want to find more about Doris Day, click here... • Doris Day enters the public spotlight with the films My Dream Is Yours and It’s a Great Feeling as well as popular songs like "It's Magic"; divorces her second husband. -
Richard Nixon
If you want to find more on Richard Nixon, click here.. • Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate. -
H-Bomb
If you want to find morre about the H-Bomb, click here... • H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952. -
Jonas Salk
If you want to find more about Jonas Salk, click here... The vaccine for polio is privately tested by Jonas Salk. -
Joseph Stalin
If you want to find more about Joseph Stalin, click here...Joseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union. -
Juan Perón
If you want to know more about Juan Perón, click here...Juan Perón spends his last full year as President of Argentina before a September 1955 coup. -
Albert Einstein
If you want to find more about Albert Einstein, click here Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Hungarian Revolution.
If you want to find more about the Hungarian Revolution, click here... Budapest is the site of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution -
Boris Pasternak
If you want to find more about Boris Pasternak, click here... Boris Pasternak, the Russian author, publishes his famous novel Doctor Zhivago. -
Charles de Gaulle
If you want to find more about Charles de Gaulle, click here... Charles de Gaulle is elected first president of the French Fifth Republic following the Algerian Crisis.