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‘We look upon this shaken Earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose — the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails. The building of such a peace is a bold and solemn purpose. To proclaim it is easy. To serve it will be hard.’ Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961
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Community between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg — the precursor to the European Union. World events • The United Kingdom announces on • Israel withdraws from the Sinai PenApril 12 that Singapore will gain self-rule insula on Jan. 20 after capturing it from beginning in 1958. Egypt in October 1956. • John Lennon and Paul McCartney first • British colonies Gold Coast and British meet as teenagers July 6 in Liverpool — Togoland join March 6 to become Ghana, three years before forming The Beatles. the first country in colonial Africa to gain • The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 independence. on Oct. 4, the first artificial satellite to • Egypt partially reopens the Suez Canal orbit earth. on March 8. It will open to all shipping • The United States sustains its first on April 9. military combat fatality in Vietnam on • European leaders sign the Treaty of Rome on March 25, forming the European Economic
36th U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1953 – Jan. 20, 1961
Oct. 21, Army Capt. Hank Cramer of the 1st Special Forces Group. • Toyota begins exporting vehicles to the United States on Oct. 31, starting with the Crown and the Land Cruiser. • The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 on Nov. 3, with the first animal to orbit Earth (a dog named Laika) on board. There is no technology to return it to earth.
U.S. News
• Colliers Weekly publishes its last issue Jan. 4 after 69 years in circulation. • Elvis Presley appears on “The Ed Sullivan Show” for the third and final time Jan. 6. He is shown only from the waist up. • Wham-O produces the first Frisbee on Jan. 13. • Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into
the Alabama River on Jan. 23. He drowns. • The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, logs 60,000 nautical miles Feb. 4, matching the endurance of the fiction Nautilus in Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” • Dr. Seuss publishes “The Cat in the Hat” on March 1. • The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa on March 13, charging him with bribery. • Elvis Presley, at age 22, buys Graceland for $100,000 on March 26. • Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley agrees to move the team to Los Angeles on May 3. • U.S. Marine Maj. John Glenn sets a new transcontinental speed record July 16, flying an F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 second. • “American Bandstand,” a local Philadelphia dance show, joins ABC on Aug. 5. • President Eisenhower announces a two-year suspension of nuclear testing Aug. 21. • Sen. Strom Thurmond (D-SC) sets the record for the longest filibuster Aug. 28 with a 24-hour, 18-minute speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The bill would become law Sept. 9. • Arkansas Gov. Orville Faubus calls out the National Guard on Sept. 4 to prevent the Little Rock Nine African American students from enrolling in Little Rock
President Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine to school.
Central High School. • President Eisenhower sends federal troops to Arkansas on Sept. 24 to provide safe passage into Little Rock Central High School for the Little Rock Nine. • “West Side Story” opens on Broadway on Sept. 26. • Ayn Rand publishes “Atlas Shrugged” on Oct. 10. • President Eisenhower suffers a stroke Nov. 25. • The world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant goes online Dec. 2 at Shippingport, Pennsylvania. • The Boeing 707 flies for the first time Dec. 20.
BORN THIS YEAR: Vanna White, game show host (Feb. 18). Above left: Katie Couric, news anchor (Jan. 7); Spike Lee, film director, producer (March 20); Gloria Estefan, singer (Sept. 1); Donny Osmond, singer, actor (Dec. 9).
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“That’ll Be the Day,” Buddy Holly “Diana,” Paul Anka “All Shook Up,” Elvis Presley “Banana Boat Song,” Harry Belafonte “Love Letters in the Sand,” Pat Boone “Little Darlin’,” The Diamonds “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Jerry Lee Lewis • “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear,” Elvis Presley
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“The Bridge on the River Kwai” “Sayonara” “Peyton Place” “Old Yeller” “Search for Paradise” “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” “A Farewell to Arms” “The Pride and the Passion” “Witness for the Prosecution” “Island in the Sun”
Music
• “Jailhouse Rock,” Elvis Presley • “Great Balls of Fire,” Jerry Lee Lewis
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