Events

The polio vaccine is successful. The Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott takes place, and Rosa Parks makes headlines. Emmett Till is murdered. America becomes involved in the Vietnam conflict. Disneyland opens and McDonald’s serves its first hamburger in Des Plaines, Illinois. It is next year in Brooklyn and Rock Around The Clock ushers in rock ‘n roll. Sponsored by The Westfield Foundation.

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