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Period: to
50's
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Korean War Begins
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First Modern Credit Card Introduced
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First “Peanuts” Cartoon Strip
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First Organ Transplant
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U.S. President Truman signs Peace Treaty with Japan to end WW2
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Color TV Introduced
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Car Seat Belts Introduced
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Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at age 25
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Polio Vaccine Invented
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Great Smog of 1952
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DNA Discovered
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Joseph Stalin Dies
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First Climb to Mt. Everest (Hillary and Norgay)
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Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
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Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Given to Children in Massive Trial
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First Atomic Submarine Launched
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Disneyland Opens
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
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First Mcdonald’s opens
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Warsaw Pact signed
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Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
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Hungarian Revolution
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Velcro Introduced
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T.V. Remote Control Invented
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Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
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Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
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Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit
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European Economic Community Established
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Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age
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Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
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Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian
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Hula Hoops Become Popular
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NASA Founded
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Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize
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Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward"
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American Bobby Fischer Becomes Youngest Chess Grandmaster
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Peace Symbol Created
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LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced
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Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
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The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway
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U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed
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International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve
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Kitchen Debate Between Nixon and Khrushchev
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Lasers Invented
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Walsh and Piccard Become the First to Explore the Deepest Place on Earth
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Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile
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First Televised Presidential Debates
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Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City
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The Birth Control Pill Is Approved by the FDA