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Harry Truman
Harry Truman is inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy, the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech. -
H-Bomb
H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952. -
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin on March 7. Disney -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr figure prominently. -
Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas is the site of an anti-integration standoff, as Governor Orval Faubus stops the Little Rock Nine from attending Little Rock Central High School and President Dwight D. Eisenhower deploys the 101st Airborne Division to counteract him. -
Space Monkey
Space Monkey: Able and Miss Baker return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18. -
Mafia
Mafia are the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election.
