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| Alliance Eisenhower, Dwight David |  |
| 28th Jan Obtains authority from the House of Representitives & Congress to support Taiwan |
| 28th Jan The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan |
| 29th May The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan |
| Arrest of Parks Parks, Rosa | |
| 1st Dec Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man |
| 1st Dec The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks ' arrest |
| Civil Air Patrol Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Appointed Member of the Civil Air patrol where he serves under David Ferrie |
| Composition of Berry Berry, Chuck | |
| Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock' n' Roll" |
| Composition of Haley Haley, Bill | |
| 6th June Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 |
| Education King, Martin Luther | |
| Boston Receives Ph.D in systematic theology from Boston University |
| Government Dulles, John Foster | |
| Washington Chief architect of the Baghdad Pact |
| Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 10th Mar Washington Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort toNuclear weapons in the event of war |
| 20th April Asks Congress for $3,530 million for foreign aid |
| July Geneva Attends the Geneva Summit conference |
| Aug Geneva Attends the Geneva Summit conference |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th June Eisenhower has an ileitis attack & Nixon continues with Presidential responsibilities |
| Jim Crow Laws Parks, Rosa | |
| 1st Dec Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery The boycott lasts for 381 days, the situation becoming so tense that King's house is bombed, King is arrested during this campaign, which ends with a United States Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation on all public transport. |
| 1st Dec Montgomery The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks ' arrest |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott Parks, Rosa | |
| 1st Dec The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks ' arrest |
| Nuclear Warfare Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 10th Mar Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort toNuclear weapons in the event of war |
| Oscar Brando, Marlon | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "On The Waterfront" |
| Press Burnham, James | |
| Appointed Editor of The National Review, warns about the dangers of Communism |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "The Deer Park", draws on his experiences working as a screenwriter in Hollywood in the early 1950s |
| Rock 'n' Roll Berry, Chuck | |
| Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" is first of series of hits for "Mr. Rock' n' Roll" |
| Rock 'n' Roll Presley, Elvis Aaron | |
| Elvis Presley becomes first "rock star" |
