Intervention Warning
Warns against large-scale US ground intervention in Indochina
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Last Scientific Lectures
Continues lecturing and discussing current problems in physics during the final year of his life despite declining health.
Legacy in Nuclear and Particle Physics
Leaves a scientific legacy spanning quantum statistics, beta decay, neutron physics, controlled chain reactions, particle acceleration and high-energy physics.
Lucky Me
Dickinsons film career begins with a small role in Lucky Me
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
Asimov's Venus adventure expanded the Lucky Starr series into a new planetary setting.
Marriage
Marries Claire Douglas, aged 19, when he was 35
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular structure.
Of the Southeast Asia Treaty
iDulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Operation PBSUCCESS
Supports Operation PBSUCCESS, the CIA-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala.
Operation PBSUCCESS
Supports Operation PBSUCCESS, the CIA-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala.
Operation Vulture Debate
Advocates consideration of air intervention during the Dien Bien Phu crisis
Paducah Cascade Improvement
Paducah implements a cascade-improvement programme intended to increase the efficiency of gaseous-diffusion enrichment.
PBSUCCESS Propaganda Leadership
Hunt handled propaganda responsibilities for Operation PBSUCCESS as the CIA intensified political and psychological pressure against the Arbenz government.
Reactor Science Legacy
Leaves a lasting reactor-science legacy through the experimental methods, neutron calculations and controlled-chain-reaction work that helped establish nuclear engineering.
Rear Window
Stars in, "Rear Window"
Rock Around the Clock
"Rock Around the Clock", a breakthrough for rock and roll music, is included in the film Blackboard Jungle
Rock n Roll
Bill Haley and the Comets become first major white band to use black rock n roll forms, featuring heavy, danceable beat and repetitive patterns, "Rock Around the Clock" becomes huge hit
Saigon Mission
Represents the United States in Saigon during the French withdrawal period
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
iDulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Dulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Teaching Political Philosophy
Arendt lectured on political philosophy at American universities.
Thats All Right (Mama)
Elvis Presley records the regional hit "Thats All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips Sun studios in Memphis, Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly
Thats All Right (Mama)
Elvis Presley records the regional hit "Thats All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips Sun studios in Memphis, Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly
The Barefoot Contessa
Stars in The Barefoot Contessa
The Country Girl
Stars in, "The Country Girl". Stars in, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri". Stars in, "Rear Window". Stars in, "Green Fire". Stars in, "Dial M for Murder"
The High and the Mighty
Stars in The High and the Mighty
The Silver Chalice
First movie for Hollywood is "The Silver Chalice"
Times Man of the Year
Named Time's Man of the Year for 1954
Universal Contract
Signs with Universal-International and begins small film and television roles.
US closes its consulate
The US closes its consulate. The US consulate is placed under siege to deprive it of supplies
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