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Korean War 1950-53
Cold war conflict between communist and noncommunist on the Korean Peninsula -
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Truman becomes President
Truman speaks in the first coast to coast live television broadcast -
First hydrogen bomb
Is detonated by the U.S on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall Islands -
Passing Information
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for passing secret information about the first Hydrogen bomb to the Soviets. -
Brown Vs Board of Education
Declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional. -
Explorer 1
First American satellite, is launched -
Alaska
Alaska becomes the 49th state -
Hawaii
Becomes the 50th state -
Martin Luther King Jr
Delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech to a crowd of 200,000 people -
John F. Kennedy
Was Assassinated in Dallas Texas