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Richard M. Nixon36th Vice President of the United StatesServed from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower34th President of the United States

Served from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961

“I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yard-stick is: Is it good for America?” — Dwight Eisenhower

World events• Suez Canal crisis: Egypt re-opens

the Suez Canal• Malaya gains independence from

Britain• Asian flu pandemic claims over

150,000 lives worldwide• Russia successfully

launches the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1

• South Vietnam at-tacked by Viet Cong gue-rillas

• Treaty of Rome is formed

• Peak of the baby boomer years

• Singapore gains self rule• Foot and Mouth disease in Eng-

land reaches epidemic proportions with 30,000 animals slaughtered

• Papa Doc becomes president of Haiti

U.S. news• Toyota starts selling cars in

the U.S. — the

first is the Toyopet Crown• Portable radar devices used

to enforce speed limits• Martin Luther King Jr. heads

nationwide resistance to racial seg-regation and discrimination

• Federal troops send to Arkansas to enforce anti-segregation laws

• Tidal wave follows Hurricane Audrey into coasts of Texas and Louisiana

• The National Guard, on the order of Gov. Orval Faubus, is used to prevent nine

African-American students from entering Central High School in Little Rock and shortly after, Federal troops charge defiant protesters with

fixed bayonets

to ensure they could enter• U.S. Mackinac suspension

bridge opens connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan

• The House for Un-American Activities Com-mittee convicts a number of writers and playwrights for un-American activities / Com-

munist party membership.

Technology• Ultrasound scanning

pioneered• First nuclear reactor plant opens

for production of electricity in Penn-sylvania

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• Soviets test H Bomb• Great Britain tests

first hydrogen bomb on Christmas Island

• Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2

with the first ani-mal to enter space, a dog

named Laika

• Bubble wrap in-vented accidentally while trying to create plastic wallpaper

Sports• Jackie Robinson says he is

quitting the game forever to enter private business

• NFL Champions De-troit Lions over the

Cleveland Browns.• NBA Finals

Boston Celtics over the St. Louis Hawks, 4 to 3

• World Se-ries Champs Mil-

waukee Brewers

JackieRobinson

MartinLuther King

NikitaKhrushchev

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1957 CadillacEldorado Biarritz

• Income per year ...... $4,550• Minimum wage .......... $1.00• New house ........... $12,220• Monthly rent ................... $90• New car ................... $2,749• Gallon of gas ................. 31¢• Dozen eggs ................... 28¢• Gallon of milk ................. 50¢• Loaf of bread ................. 19¢• First-class stamp ............. 3¢• Movie ticket ................... 50¢

AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING

Popular films• The Ten Commandments• Around the World in 80 Days* 12 Angry Men• Jailhouse Rock• The Bridge on the River Kwai* The Three Faces of Eve

Number one songs• Singing The Blues, Guy Mitchell• Don’t Forbid Me, Pat Boone• Young Love, Tab Hunter• Butterfly, Andy Williams• All Shook Up, Elvis Presley• Teddy Bear, Elvis Presley• Tammy, Debbie Reynolds• Wake Up Little Susie, The Everly

Brothers• Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley• You Send Me, Sam Cooke

Popular books• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss• From Russia With Love by Ian

Fleming• The Guns of Nava-

rone by Alistaire Ma-cLean

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Popular TV shows* Ed Sullivan Show• I Love Lucy• Perry Como Show• Gunsmoke• Steve Allen Show• $64,000 Question• Dragnet• G.E. Theater• The Lineup

BORN THIS YEAR: Above right: Katie Couric.Above left: Princess Caroline of Monaco,

Ray Romano, Steve Harvey and Denis Leary.

Born this year• Bernie Mac• Bret Hart• Vanna White• Vince Gill

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Popular culture

• Elvis Pre-sley purchases a

mansion in Mem-phis, TN and calls it Graceland

• “American Band-stand” chart music show makes its network debut on ABC

• Time Magazine’s Man of the Year, Nikita Khrush-chev

• Fran Drescher• Spike Lee• Gloria Estefan• Caroline Kennedy• Matt Lauer

• Sid Vicious