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- United States pulls all consulate officials from China after the seizure of the American Consul in Beijing, China
- Brinks robbery happens in Boston, MA - 11 masked bandits of Italian descent stole $2.8 million from an armored car
- Investigation into organized crime begins (money laundering, casinos, etc.)
- Korean War begins 3 year conflict - North Korea invades South Korea which leads to US getting involved
- 35 military advisors are sent to South Vietnam to give military and economic aid to an anti-communist gov't
- Halt on quick resolution in the Korean War - United Nations Forces retreat south toward the 38th Parallel due to the Chinese communist attack
- Shipments from communist China are banned by the United States
- Husband and wife, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, are arrested for wartime espionage and sentenced to the electric chair
- United States, Australia, and New Zealand sign a mutual security pact (ANZUS)
- Inauguration of the first transcontinental television broadcast with President Truman that signed Japanese peace treaty conference
- Richard B. Fuller filed the Geodesic Dome patent
- Winter Olympics in Helsinki, Finland - Standout Athlete: Richard Button wins gold medal in Figure Skating, makes history by performing the first triple jump in figure skating history
- Truman seizes the Steel Mills to avoid strikes, deemed illegal by congress
- Eniwetok Atoll H-Bomb (the bomb's name is mike) is exploded in the Pacific Ocean
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) wins his presidential race against A. Stevenson (D) - 442 Electoral College votes to Stevenson's 89
- President-elect Eisenhower goes to Korea to attempt to end conflict
- JANUARY 28: Elvis Presley's First National Televised Performance; First show is titled "Stage Show"
- MARCH 12: Congressman from the Southern States call for a massive resistance on desegregation; known as Southern Manifesto says that integration is communism
- MAY 3: Heartbreak Hotel becomes a hit by Elvis Presley
- SEPTEMBER 25: First Transatlantic Telephone Cable begins operation
- OCTOBER 8: Don Larsen made history by pitching the first no-hitter in postseason baseball history against the Brooklyn Dodgers World Series in the 5th game
- NOVEMBER 6: Eisenhower (753) won the election against A. Stevenson (73) and will maintain his presidency
- JANUARY 20: Eisenhower is inaugurated
- APRIL 29: Congress approves first civil rights bill since reconstruction and adds protection to voting rights
- SEPTEMBER 4: Arkansas governor Orval Faubus calls national guard to duty to ban 9 black students from attending Central High School in Little Rock
- SEPTEMBER 21: Faubus withdraws troops
- SEPTEMBER 24: Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock for protection
- DECEMBER 6: The Vanguard Satellite will explode on Launchpad
- JANUARY 31: Explorer I Satellite is the first US space satellite to be launched by the US Army at Cape Canaveral, Florida and discovers Van Allen radiation belt
- MARCH 24: Elvis Presley is forced to join the US Army in Memphis, TN
- APRIL 17: First World Fair since the end of World War II in Brussels, Belgium; US and Soviet Union have a Cold War debate
- JULY 8: Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake registers as a 7.5 out of 8 on the Richter Scale and causes a significant tsunami; 2 people died during earthquake
- OCTOBER 1: NASA begins as a civilian agency of the Federal government and is dedicated to space science
- DECEMBER 10: First Jet Airline passenger service is inaugurated during the flight between New York City and Miami
- JANUARY 3: Alaska becomes the 49th State
- JANUARY 7: US Gov't Recognizes that Fidel Castro is the leader of Cuba
- FEBRUARY 22: First Daytona 500 is held and the first winner is Lee Petty
- APRIL 9: 7 Military Pilots are selected by NASA to be the first astronauts and known as the Mercury Seven Crew; Glenn, Carpenter, Cooper, Grissom, Scare, Shepard, Slayton
- APRIL 25: Saint Lawrence Seaway is going to open and runs along the Canadian and US borders
- AUGUST 21: Hawaii becomes the 50th state