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1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
President Harry S. Truman sends United States military advisors to Vietnam to aid French forces. The first TV remote control , Zenith Radio 's Lazy Bones , is marketed. Summer: An epidemic of polio breaks out on Wythe County, Virginia . 189 cases are reported, with 17 fatalities.
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Timelines of United States history by period (time span) — of pre−nationhood and national U.S. history. Pages in category "Timelines of United States history by period" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1950–1969) 0–9. 1950 in the United States; 1950s American automobile culture;
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The United States helped form a strong military alliance in NATO in 1949 including most of the nations of Western Europe, and Canada. In Asia, however, there was much more movement. The United States failed to negotiate a settlement between its ally, nationalist China under Chiang Kai-shek, and the communists under Mao Zedong.