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Were you up on current events when you went to Macalester? Here
are a few headlines from the college years to jog your memory.
1954
First atomic submarine Nautilus launched in Groton, Connecticut,
by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Jan. 21)
Dr. Jonas Salk starts inoculating children against polio. (Feb.
23)
Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt. (Feb.
25)
Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany. (March
23)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United
States Air Force Academy in Colorado. (April
1)
U.S. Supreme Court (in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka)
unanimously bans racial segregation in public schools. (May
17)
The last regular-service streetcar operated by Twin City Rapid
Transit runs in Minneapolis. (June 19)
In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to
air an Elvis Presley record. (July 7)
Volume 1, Issue 1 of Sports Illustrated is published. (Aug.
16)
The last new episode of the Lone Ranger is aired on radio
after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years. (Sept.
3)
First Miss America Pageant broadcast on television. (Sept.
11)
USSR Tests Nuclear Weapon. (Sept. 14)
The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.
(Nov. 3)
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial
(Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery. (Nov.
10)
William Faulkner's A Fable wins Pulitzer.
1955
The Scrabble board game debuts. (Jan.
19)
Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls. (Feb.
13)
First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
(Feb. 23)
West Germany becomes a sovereign state. (May
5)
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. (May 9)
Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union
sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. (May
14)
Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. (July
17)
In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane
Diane claims 200 lives. (Aug. 19)
Argentina ousts Perón. (Sept. 19)
Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus. Martin Luther
King, Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery, Ala., bus system.
(Dec. 1)
AFL and CIO become one organization-AFL-CIO. (Dec.
5)
General Motors becomes the first American corporation to make sales
of over one billion dollars in a year. (Dec.
31)
Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wins Pulitzer.
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