Aidan McKelvey, Mertz, 1950s
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Updated: 30 May 2019
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Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam confess to murdering Emmett TillA second Levittown is startedLevittown is finished being constructedThe United States gets involved in the Korean WarExplorer 1 becomes the first satellite to be launched into orbit by America during the Space RaceNASA is created by CongressAmerican Cancer Society announces that there is a direct link between cigarettes and lung cancerCotton's "share" of the U.S. textile market falls from 80% to 65%,
while man-made fibers like Orlon increase their share by over 20%First successful hydrogen bomb testThe U.S. gross national product reaches a record of $346.1 billion and continues to growJulius and Ethel Rosenberg commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union
and are executed on June 19President Truman states that federal money for education has doubled since 1929Brown Vs. Board of EducationSenator of Vermont, Ralph E. Flanders, leads a vote to condemn McCarthyRosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the busA study by the Fund for the Republic reveals that blacks show no inherent inferiority to whites in intelligence tests.(Baby Boom) birthrate reaches its peak of 4.3 million annuallyABC begins broadcasting "American Bandstand" nationallyThe federal government reports a "modest surplus" of $70 millionSoviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev rejects president Eisenhower's
proposals to end nuclear bomb testsThesis
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