50: President Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act establishing the Interstate Highway System.
 
 
49: The Cuban Missile Crisis: Americans live in a state of fear as Soviet nuclear weapons are installed in Cuba. President Kennedy & Soviet leader Khrushchev agree to a deal avoiding the conflict ft. Douglas Dillion professor at Harvard Kennedy School professor and author of Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dr. Graham Allison. 
 
 
48: Ellis Island begins receiving immigrants ft. Professor of History at UMass Boston and author of American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, Dr. Vincent J. Cannato.
 
 
47: George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation, beginning America's first new foreign policy.46: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

50-46: At the Brink of Nuclear War

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