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The year was 1955

The Icon spotted this blue and white plate at the Festival of Wheels. Here are some of the event that took place that year:

o Disneyland opens in California on July 17th

o 'In God We Trust' is added to all US paper currency

o The New Synthetic Material Polyurethane used in more and more everyday goods

o West Germany Joins NATO

o African American Rosa Parks is arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery Alabama

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