Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
inaugurated at president in 1953 he was also an american army general
Little rock 9 Arkansas (57)
Warsaw Pact (55)
this established a mutual defense treaty
Cuban revolution (59)
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
Apollo 11 1969 July 20
Brown vs Board of education
Homeless veterans (83)
this was a landmark supreme court trial. this was venturing for equal rights for colored children in public schools
Korean Armistice agreement
Woodstock
this was signed by US army general william harrison jr and north Korean general Nam II
With this being signed it was purposed to ensure cessesion of hostilities until a real peaceful setlemement was agreed thus the ending of the war
Watergate scandal
Bay of pigs
Kennedy assassination
over 400,000 people pivotal point for popular music and this new counterculture august 15-17
an attempt to overthrow Castro's communist gov. in Cuba by the CIA which inevitably failed april 17 1961
led to many discoveries of Nixon abusing his power pf office. Facing to become the only president to be impeached out of office he resigned august 9 1974
Nixon back again (69)
November 22, 1963
Dallas, Texas,
Panmunjom (51)
H-bomb (51)
Harry (50) Truman
John Kennedy
After being elected in 1948 for his second term was inaugurated into office
he authorized the drop of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (WW2)
the invention of the radio was pivotal in his election into office
Vietnam War Nov 1 1955-April 30 1975
was officially fought between south and north Vietnam. With the sides comparable to the Korean war but much longer
U-2
Korean War (51)
this war was between north korea (s. by china and the soviet union) and south Korea (s. de US)
June 25th 1950 started the war when north invaded the south. As a result of the cold war US and USSR Korea was split in two
The war ended on 27th of july 1953 by the armistice
Hawaii and Alaska
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