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The Korean War begins when North Korea invades South Korea.
The US begins testing of nuclear bombs in Nevada, detonating more than 900 over the next 40 years.
Recorded by 13 year old Jimmy Boyd, 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' is released.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to break the four minute mile.
Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California, USA.
Cecil B. DeMille's epic 'The Ten Commandments' releases in cinemas across the United States.
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is published.
The first Lego blocks are introduced.
The British Motor Corporation launches the Mini, marketed as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best perform as 'The Beatles' for the first time.
The Berlin Wall is constructed.
Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles, aged 36.
US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, aged 46.
Hasbro Launches the G.I. Joe Action Figure.
Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan, aged 39.
The Star Trek series begins on TV.
Israel defeat Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in the Six-Day War after launching pre-emptive attacks on Egyptian airfields, crippling their air force.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated.
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die, both aged 27, and both from drug overdoses.
Billed as the 'Fight of the Century', Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in 15 rounds by 'unanimous decision'.
Five men are arrested for breaking into the DNC HQ at the Watergate complex - the beginning of one of the biggest political scandals in history.
Dubbed the 'Battle of the Sexes', Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in an internationally televised tennis match.
The Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi'an, China.
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