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The Soviet Union formally announces end of the war between the USSR and Germany.

U.S. – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.

Sir Alexander Fleming – the scientist who first discovered penicillin dies.

Rock and Roll – Bill Haley and the Comets song Rock Around the Clock is first featured in the film Blackboard Jungle – Rock and Roll gains popularity.

Sir Winston Churchill tenders his resignation as Prime Minister due to failing health.

Anthony Eden replaces Sir Winston Churchill as Prime Minister.

U.S. – The First McDonalds – American Ray Kroc starts McDonalds Fast Food Restaurant in Illinois.

Albert Einstein dies.

West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

The USSR and the communist states of Eastern Europe form the The Warsaw Pact.

Sir Anthony Eden leads the Conservatives to a General Election victory.

U.S. – The Disney theme park Disneyland opens.

Motor Racing – Stirling Moss becomes the first Englishman to win the British Grand Prix.

The UK’s first commercial TV station is launched – Independent Television Authority (ITA).

U.S. – American Actor James Dean dies in a car crash.

U.S. – Elvis Presley makes his first TV appearance.

Royal Wedding – Princess Margaret announces the cancellation of her wedding.

U.S. Civil Rights – Rosa Parks a Black woman from Alabama refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man, she is later arrested.