After
being wooed by both parties, Dwight D. Eisenhower, announced
that he would run for President as a Republican, and selected
Senator Richard Nixon (R-CA) as his running mate.
September
23rd
Richard
Nixon defended charges of accepting money from a "secret
rich men's fund".
The
death of King George VI made his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth,
the new Queen of the United Kingdom.
November
1st
The
United States tested the first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok Atoll.
'Ivy Mike' had a blast yield of 10.4 megatons.
The
Mau Mau uprising ignited in Kenya, Africa.
The
contraceptive pill was conceived in the United States.
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