Post-war years

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  • Congress passes the GI Bill of Rights

    Congress passes the GI Bill of Rights

  • Dr. Spock publishes the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

    Dr. Spock publishes the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
    In 1946 Dr. spock comes with a contreversial book on child care.

  • Congress passes the Tafty-Hartley Act. The first transistor is invented, spurring growth in computers and electronics

    Congress passes the Tafty-Hartley Act. The first transistor is invented, spurring growth in computers and electronics

  • Thor Heyerdahl and his creww sail the raft Kon-tiki from Peru to Polynesia

    Thor Heyerdahl and his creww sail the raft Kon-tiki from Peru to Polynesia

  • English novelist George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published

    English novelist George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published

  • Disc jockey and music promoter Alan freed begins hosting a radio show, featuring musictaht comes to be known as "rock and roll"

    Disc jockey and music promoter Alan freed begins hosting a radio show, featuring musictaht comes to be known as "rock and roll"

  • The double-helix model for DNA is formulated in London

    The double-helix model for DNA is formulated in London
    Dna structure was finally discovery and rebuilt.

  • Successful tests are conducted on a polio vaccine

    Successful tests are conducted on a polio vaccine

  • The Federal-Aid Highway Act funds an interstate highway system

    The Federal-Aid Highway Act funds an interstate highway system
    President Eisenhower funds to build the interstate highway.

  • The Soviet Union launches Sputnik

    The Soviet Union launches Sputnik
    The space race finally begins as the soviet union launches the sputnik.