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First atomic
submarine
Nautilus launched (Jan. 21).
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Five U.S. congressmen shot on floor of House as Puerto Rican nationalists
fire from spectators' gallery; all five recover (March 1).
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Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany (March 23).
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Army v.
McCarthy inquiry - Senate subcommittee
report blames both sides (April 22–June 17). |
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Dien Bien Phu,
French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Vietminh army (May 7).
(For detailed chronology, see
Vietnam War.)
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U.S. Supreme Court (in
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka)
unanimously bans racial segregation in public
schools (May 17). |
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Eisenhower launches world atomic pool without Soviet Union (Sept. 6).
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Eight-nation Southeast Asia defense treaty (SEATO)
signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
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Dr. Jonas
Salk
starts inoculating children against
polio.
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Algerian
War of Independence against France begins (Nov.);
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France struggles to maintain colonial rule until 1962 when it agrees to
Algeria's independence. |
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William Faulkner's
A Fable wins Pulitzer. |
