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Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration
The Allied forces in the Western Europe of World War II; Eisenhower led the invasion of the Nazi-occupied of Europe which also began D-Day. -
Yalta Peace Conference
The second wartime meeting with the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. -
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Potsdam Conference
The last of World War II meetings which were held by the "Big Three" heads of the state. -
Berlin Airlift
It seemed impossible for the people-- who lived there-- to get any supplies which made them retreat to Britain, France and the United States to get such things; the allies decided to supply their sectors from the air for the city. -
The Marshall Plan
Also considered 'European Recovery Program" which went over thirteen billion towards the financial benefits of the economic recovery of Europe. -
U.S. Military Desegregated
President Harry Truman signed this executive order calling for desegregation for the military; the beginning of the fight for African- Americans to fight with the white troops. -
Soviet Union Test of the First Atomic Bomb
The first atomic bomb, the code name was announced as "First Lightning"; the Soviet used animals in cages to test the effects of the nuclear radiation on the "human-like mammals". -
Communist Revolution in China
Also known as the climax of the Chinese Communist drive; also the second part of the Chinese Civil War. -
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Eisenhower Sent Troops to Vietnam
Refused to commit towards the American troops from the Franco-Vietnamese War; the administration revisited the intervention of the war-- no United States troops to religion were authorized but military aid to the Frence were sent. -
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Korean War
Between the North and the South of Korea; United Nations forces by the United States of America have fought for the South of China and for the North-- which was assisted by the Soviet Union. -
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McCarthy Hearings Begin
Series of hearings by the United States Senate of investigations; were held for the purpose of investigating the conflicting the accusations between the United States Army and the Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Brown vs. Board of Education Decision is Handed Down
The unanimous decision which overturned the provisions of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson decisions which were allowed for "seperate but equal" public facilities. -
Emmett Till Murder
After flirting with a white woman -- he was beated nearly to death, shot in the head then his body was tied to a cotton-gin fan with barbed wire then thrown into the river. -
Diwght D. Eisenhower Administration
The attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France; Great Britain and the United States to travel to Berlin-- to lay within the Russian- occupied East Germany. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Alabama, Montgomery which is the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. -- Rosa Parks refused to yield her seat for a white man on the bus. -
Federal Interstate Highway Act Enacted
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law of authorization of the Interstate Highway System which was the largest public works in American History-- throughout that time frame. -
Little Rock Central High School Crisis
Also considered "Little Rock Nine" gave up their attempt towards the Central High School from the national debate of the Civil Rights of racial discrimination of the States rights. -
Sputnik I is Launched
Launched to the corresponding International Geophysical Year from the solar period of the International Council of the Scientific Unions from the satellites to study Earth and the solar system. -
John F. Kennedy Elected President
John F. Kennedy had defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon from a very close race.
