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1. The year is 1950 and Uruguay wins the soccer World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro. History was made in the same month, by this 22 year old Florida A&M College student, when she becomes the first African American professional tennis player.
2. This cereal entrepreneur passed away at 91 years of age in 1951. His empire was originally named Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, before finally adopting his own last name.
3. It's 1953 and across the Atlantic, Queen Elizabeth II has just been crowned. In the United States, however, Jacqueline Cochran grabs the headlines for being the first female to accomplish what?
4. It's 1954 and while the British reached a deal with Egypt to end their 72 year occupation. In the United States, the Supreme Court hands down a judgement that outlawed segregation in education based on what?
5. Hollywood stud James Dean is killed instantly in a car accident at only 24 years of age. Also, the scientific world lost a giant of their own a few months earlier in 1955. Who was this famed physicist that was noted for his high IQ and Theory of Relativity?
6. Prince Rainier II of Monaco weds Hollywood actress Grace Kelly in front of more than 1,200 guests on April 19, 1956. Exactly two months later this IBM CEO and guy credited with taking the brand global passes away in New York at 82.
7. It's 1957 and Ed Sullivan had on the Everly Brothers to sing their new smash hit "Wake up little Susie." In the Soviet Union this dog just made space history, by becoming the first dog in outer space. What was this dog's name?
8. The year is 1958, and Elvis Presley has traded in his microphone and hip shaking for a gun and a uniform, as he enters the United States Army. The same year this Communist nation announces its plan and outline of what they're calling the "Great Leap Forward." What Communist nation underwent this plan?
9. Fidel Castro's forces conquer Cuba, ushering him into power in January 1959. Shortly before this happened though, this large resource-rich piece of real estate becomes America's 49th state.
10. It's 1959 and the quiz show "$64,000 Question" has been exposed to the public as nothing more than fake - rigged all along. In New York world famous Guggenheim Museum moved to its new purpose-built site, and coincidentally the architect died prior to its opening. Who was this architect?
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