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| Winthrop Rockefeller establishes Winrock Enterprises and Winrock Farms atop Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton, Arkansas. |
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| Roy Campanella, an African American baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, receives the National League's Most Valuable Player award for the second time. |
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| is a group of communist nations dominated by the Soviet Union at this time |
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| resigns as Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel and enters private practice with the fall of McCarthy. |
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| spends his last full year as President of Argentina before a September 1955 coup. |
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| Arturo Toscanini is at the height of his fame as a conductor, performing regularly with the NBC Symphony Orchestra on national radio. |
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| is an early artificial fiber made from the same plastic as polyester. |
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| Battle of Dien Bien Phu. A village in North Vietnam falls to Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap, leading to the creation of North Vietnam and South Vietnam as separate states. |
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| is a hit single released by Bill Haley & His Comets in May, spurring worldwide interest in rock and roll. |
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| Famous scientist, dies on April 18 at the age of 76. |
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