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1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
April 1 – Charles R. Drew, African American physician, pioneer in blood transfusion, died as result of automobile accident (b. 1904) April 7 – Walter Huston, actor (b. 1883) April 11 – Bainbridge Colby, United States Secretary of State (b. 1869) April 16 – Henry J. Knauf, politician (b. 1891) April 26 – G. Murray Hulbert, politician ...
The novel Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, published in 1961, is concerned with mid-1950s life and culture. Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, though not published until 1963, features a woman's struggle living in 1950s American culture. Agatha Christie was also at a stage where she published at an average rate of one book every year.
There's a common belief that wealthy Americans were heavily taxed in the 1950s, with a top income tax rate of 91%. ... Warren Buffett flipped his neighbor's $67,000 life savings into a $50 million ...
As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s (Harvard University Press, 1996) 328 pp. Miller, Douglas T. and Marion Nowak. The fifties: the way we really were (1977) Stoner, John C., and Alice L. George. Social History of the United States: The 1950s (2008) Wills, Charles. America in the 1950s (Decades of American History) (2005)
1950s American radio programs (5 C, 287 P) S. Silver Age of Comic Books (7 C, 3 P) 1950s in American sports (15 C, 2 P) 1950s strikes in the United States (5 P) T.
Here’s a look back at Fort Worth Star-Telegram photos capturing everyday life in Grapevine from the 1920s through the 1950s. ... 1950: This air view shows the $630,000 grade separation of State ...
"My Unconventional Life" profiles individuals across the country who celebrate their nonconformity and proudly lead unorthodox lives. Check in weekly to learn more about these unique individuals ...