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| 1st Playboy Magazine Monroe, Marilyn |  |
| 1st Dec The first Playboy magazine is published, Marilyn Monroe is on the cover |
| Armistice Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 27th July An armistice is agreed, sth Korea's independence is secured |
| Chairman JCS Radford, Arthur | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff |
| Chief Justice Warren, Earl | |
| Washington Appointed Chief Justice of the USASupreme Court |
| Director CIA Dulles Dulles, Allen Welsh | |
| Appointed Director of the CIA |
| Government Dulles, John Foster | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of State |
| Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Washington Appointed President of the USA, 34th President, 1st term |
| 19th Jan Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 34th |
| 4th Dec Bermuda Meets Churchill & Laniel, the French PM |
| Government Goldwater, Barry Morris | |
| Arizona Election Senator for Arizona |
| Government Marshall, George Catlett | |
| The Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Appointed Vice-President of the USA |
| Winner of the Vice Presidency as running mate of Dwight Eisenhower |
| 20th Jan Washington Inaugurated Vice President of USA, only 40 the 2nd youngest in American history |
| 13th Aug Appointed Chairman of the President's committee on Government contracts |
| Government Truman, Harry S | |
| 7th Jan Truman announces that the USAhad developed the hydrogen bomb |
| Head CEA Burns Burns, Arthur Frank | |
| Appointed Head the Council of Economic Advisers by President Eisenhower |
| Hughes Medical Institute Hughes, Howard | |
| Delware Founds the Hughes Medical Institute, makes his billion-dollar-a-year weapons factory tax-exempt |
| Independence Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 27th July An armistice is agreed, sth Korea's independence is secured |
| Marriage of Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 12th Sep Marries Jacqueline Bouvier |
| Nuclear Warfare Truman, Harry S | |
| 7th Jan Truman announces that the USAhad developed the hydrogen bomb |
| Oscar Cooper, Gery | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "Hign Noon" |
| Pastor King, Martin Luther | |
| Atlanta Appointed Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama |
| Peace Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Washington Signs a truce ending the Korean War |
| Publication of Playboy Magazine Monroe, Marilyn | |
| 1st Dec The first Playboy magazine is published, Marilyn Monroe is on the cover |
| Victory Liston Liston, Sonny | |
| 2nd Sep St Louis Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis |
| Victory Liston Smith, Don | |
| 2nd Sep St Louis Liston makes his professional debut knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis |
| World Champion Marciano, Rocky | |
| 16th May Chicago 44th pro boxing victoryt, knocking out former champ, Jersey Joe Walcott, at Chicago Stadium in two minutes |
