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| 1951: | Hawaii admitted as the 50th state of the US |
| 1952: | Detonation of the first thermonuclear fusion bomb at Eniwetok atoll |
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| 1955: | First Solar-Powered Car Rosa Parks |
| 1956: | Reines & Cowen experimental evidence for the neutrino |
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| 1958: | Mössbauer demonstrates recoilless emission of gamma-rays
Nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus begins crossing under Arctic polar ice cap |
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| 1960: | Rand's Univac 1107 Computer Uses "One's Complement Math"
Maiman constructs the first ruby laser Javan constructs the first helium-neon laser |