‘The general limits of your freedom are merely these: That you do not trespass upon the equal rights of others.’
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Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961
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4 5 19 COST OF LIVING
Marilyn Monroe marries Joe
Richard Nixon
36th. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961
World events
• The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China on Jan. 11. • Elizabeth II becomes the first reigning monarch to visit Australia on Feb. 3. • After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, President Eisenhower warns against intervention in Vietnam. • The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins Feb. 23 in Pittsburgh.
Dimaggio. Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue.
• The world’s first atomic power station opens at Obninsk, Russia, near Moscow on June 27. • The First Indochina War ends Aug. 1 with the Vietnam People’s Army in North Vietnam, the Vietnamese National Army in South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia in Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos in Laos, emerging victorious against the French Army. • William Golding’s novel “Lord of the
Flies” is published Sept. 17 in London. • The first Godzilla film premieres in Tokyo on Nov. 3. • Egyptian president Muhammad Naguib is deposed Nov. 14, and Gamal Abdel Nasser replaces him.
Sen. Joe McCarthy holds hearings accusing the Army of being “soft” on Communism.
• Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory on March 19 at Madison Square Garden, in the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in color. U.S. News • RCA manufactures the first color televi• Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player sion set (12-inch screen; price: $1,000) on Joe DiMaggio on Jan. 14. March 25. • The first nuclear-powered submarine, • Congress and President Eisenhower authe USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, thorize the founding of the United States Conn., by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Air Force Academy in Colorado on April 1. • Journalists Edward R. Murrow and Fred • President Eisenhower gives his “domino W. Friendly produce a 30-minute “See It theory” speech April 7. Now” documentary titled “A Report on • Sen. Joseph McCarthy begins hearings Senator Joseph McCarthy” on March 9. April 22 investigating the United States Army for being “soft” on Communism. • The Supreme Court rules unanimously that segregated schools are unconstitutional May 17 in Brown v. Board of Education. • The words “under God” are added to the United States Pledge of Allegiance on June 14. • Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue Aug. 16. • The last “new” episode of “The Lone Ranger” radio program is broadcast Sept. 3, after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years. • President Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) at the Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 10.
• The U.S. Senate votes 67–22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute” on Dec. 2. • The first Burger King opens in Miami, Fla. on Dec. 4.
BORN THIS YEAR: Opray Winfrey, talk show host (Jan. 29). Above left: Michael Sembello, musician (April 17); Walter Payton, NFL player (July. 25); Carly Fiorina, business woman, politician (Sept. 6); Denzel Washington, actor (Dec. 28).
• Income per year ..... $3,960 • Minimum wage .............. 75¢ • New house ........... $22,000 • Rent .................................. $85 • New car....................... $1,700 • Gallon of gas ................... 22¢ • Gallon of milk . ................ 92¢ • Loaf of bread ................... 17¢ • First-class stamp ...............3¢ • Movie ticket ................... 49¢
Movies • • • • • • • • • •
“Seven Samurai” “Rear Window” “Dial M for Murder” “On the Waterfront” “Sabrina” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” “Them!” “White Christmas” “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” “The Caine Mutiny”
Music
• “Mister Sandman,” The Chordettes • “Sh-Boom (Life Could be a Dream,)” The Crew-Cuts • “Secret Love,” Doris Day • “Little Things Mean a Lot,” Kitty Kallen • “Stranger in Paradise,” Tony Bennett • “Hey There,” Rosemary Clooney • “Wanted,” Perry Como • “Hold My Hand,” Don Cornell • “Three Coins in the Fountain,” Four Aces • “Mombo Italiano,” Rosemary Clooney
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