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Senate censures Sen. McCarthy for suspected communistic actions in the government and U.S. Army. The term "McCarthyism" comes to mean political accusations using dishonest tactics and unfounded evidence.
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Britain, France, U.S.S.R., and The United States Foreign
Ministers discuss reuniting Germany in Berlin with Soviet disapproval. |
| Four Puerto Rican nationalists fire shots in the the House of Representativves, wounding five Congressmen.
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A Supreme Court decision prohibits racial segregation in U.S. public schools.
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U.S. nuclear submarine the Nautilus is launched.
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French forces are defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in North Vietnam.
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