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| Princess Grace Kelly releases her last film, High Society, and marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco. |
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| the best-selling novel by Grace Metalious, is published. Though mild compared to today's prime time, it shocked the reserved values of the '50s. |
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| Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis boils as Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal on October 29. |
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| Arkansas is the site of an anti-integration standoff, as Governor Orval Faubus stops the Little Rock Nine from attending Little Rock Central High School and President Dwight D. Eisenhower deploys the 101st Airborne Division to counteract him. |
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| Boris Pasternak, the Russian author, publishes his famous novel Doctor Zhivago. |
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| is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees' outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row. |
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| Jack Kerouac publishes his first novel in seven years, On the Road. |
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| is the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, the start of the space race. |
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| Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China, survives an assassination attempt on the Charter jet Kashmir Princess. |
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| The Bridge on the River Kwai is released as a film adaptation of the 1954 novel and receives seven Academy Awards. |
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