She is the woman who refused to give up James Dean was an American actor whose
her seat on a bus to a white man. film career had hardly begun when he
This event marked the beginning of the was killed in a car crash.
civil rights movement. For more information
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Disneyland Opens
President Eisenhower
July 18 in Anaheim,California Born in Texas 1890, brought up in Abilene,
Disneyland opens. Walt Disney,who gave Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven
the the nation Mickey Mouse has let a sons. President Eisenhower, an avid golfer,
fantastic kindom drop out of a cloud onto had a putting green installed on the White
160 acres 22 miles outside of Los Angeles. House lawn. He also banished squirrels from
he ground because they were ruining the green.
Biography:Bringing to the presidency his prestige as
commanding general of the victorious forces Europe
during World War II,Dwight D. Eisenhower obtained a
truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his
two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War.
He pursued the moderate policies of "Modern
Republicanism," pointing out as he left office,
"America is today the strongest, most influential,
Einstein Dies
He was born
March 14,1879.He died April 18,1955
in Princeton,New Jersey.He died of
heart failure.
Anderson
Synthesizer is Developed
She was the first black to be In 1955 the synthesizerwas developed
named a permanent member of the asingle unit with numerous generating and modifying
Metropolitian Opera House capacities that enable composers to generate new
Company, and was als the first sounds and to combine these sounds with great pression.
black to perform in the White
House. In 1598 she was thethe
first blackalternate delegate to UN.
Haley Sets off Rock
Austria Achieves Independence
"N" Roll Craze
Afterits capture in 1945 by U.S. and
In 1955 Bill Haley's song Soviet troops, Austria was restored as a republic.
"Rock Around the Clock" Divided into zones, it was occupied by the Allies
set off a rock "n" roll until 1955, when a peace treaty declared it a
craze dance and action of sovereign and neutral power.
its lyrics. With song on
adolescent concerns like
school, cars and young
love, black artists like
Chuck Berry vied for
popularity with whites
like Buddy Holly.
