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- Adolf Hitler
- dictator of germany; brought germany back together again only to begin the Holocaust
- Mafia
- this group met in New York to reorganize in 1959
- Adolf Eichman
- often referred to as "the architect of the Holocaust", was a high-ranking Nazi facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps, arrested in 1961
- Science fiction
- evolved from the overwhelming fear of communism taking over america; russians were always whatever"bad thing" coming to take over the US
- Russian Revolution
- bolshevik revolution-- brought communism to russia
- Ernest Hemmingway
- famous author of the 60's; committed suicide
- Buddy Holly
- opular singer and leader of the Crickets rock group. He was killed in a plane crash, along with singers The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. In the 1980s, the hit song American Pie referred to his death in the line "...the day the music died."
- Battle of Britain
- was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign attempted up until that date. The failure of Nazi Germany to destroy Britain's air defence or to break British morale is considered its first major defeat.[5]
- Ben Hur
- a memorable movie set about the time of Christ starring, Charlton Heston
- U-2 spy plane
- the US had been sending planes to spy on russia one was shot down and the pilot was captured, later released in exchange for a russian spy release
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- "I Have a Dream"; fought for civil rights through peaceful protests such as marches and sitins
- Charles de Gaulle
- returned as leader of France in 1958
- Hula Hoops
- a huge fad in the late 50's even TV stars and adults showed off their skills
- Bob dylan
- famous singer to led the folk music craze in 1961
- Alfred Hitchcock
- was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres.
- hiroshima
- truman ordered the atomic bomb to be dropped here 1st
- Pacific Theatre
- all throughout WWII it was fought over by the german vs US navys
- Children of Thalidomide
- the thousands of severe birth defects as a result of this pregnancy drug
- Woodrow wilson
- passed major legislation that included the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Farm Loan Act and most notably the Federal Reserve System.
- Nagasaki
- after japan still did not surrender the second atomic bomb was dropped here