1950's

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  • U.S. Census

    U.S. Census
    Counts a population in the United States of over 150 million people.

  • Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

    Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
    Inauguration of trans-continental television occurs with the broadcast of President Truman's speech here

  • Eniwetok Atoll

    Eniwetok Atoll
    The first hydrogen bomb, named Mike, is exploded.

  • Overthrow of the Government in Iran

    Overthrow of the Government in Iran
    The United States CIA assists in the overthrow

  • Telivision

    Telivision
    The first colored television goes on sale.

  • Vaccination

    Vaccination
    The first large scale vaccination of polio begins in Pittsburgh.

  • Racial Segregation

    Racial Segregation
    Racial segregation in public schools is declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in Brown vs. the Board of Education.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting a boycott.

  • Federal Aid Highway Act

    Federal Aid Highway Act
    Interstate highway system begins

  • Explorer I

    Explorer I
    It would discover the Van Allen radiation belt.