fearsome 50s
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By Jesse Rudolph and Bryon Daniels. Fearsome 50s. 1950s overview. Korean war begins Color TV introduced Seat belts introduced DNA discovered Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer Disneyland opens T.V. Remote Control Invented Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FEARSOME 50SBy Jesse Rudolph and Bryon Daniels
1950s overviewKorean war beginsColor TV introduced Seat belts introducedDNA discovered Report Says Cigarettes Cause CancerDisneyland opensT.V. Remote Control Invented Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter OrbitLEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
1950s timeline1950First "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip Korean War Begins
1951Color TV Introduced 1952Car Seat Belts Introduced 1953 DNA Discovered 1954Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
1955Disneyland Opens Emmett Till MurderedMcDonald's Corporation Founded1956T.V. Remote Control Invented Velcro Introduced
1957 Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit
1958 Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian Hula Hoops Become Popular LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced NASA Founded Peace Symbol Created
1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
1950• Korean war begins• First peanuts comic strip• First modern credit card• Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
1951
Color TV Introduced South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII Winston Churchill Again Prime Minister of Great Britain
1952
Car Seat Belts Introduced The Great Smog of 1952Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship Polio Vaccine Created Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25
1953DNA Discovered Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest Joseph Stalin Dies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage
1954
Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
1955
Disneyland Opens Emmett Till MurderedMcDonald's Corporation Founded
1956Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show
Velcro Introduced
T.V. Remote Control Invented
1957
Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit
1958Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian Hula Hoops Become Popular LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced NASA Founded Peace Symbol Created
1959
U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed
Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.
References
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1950timeline.htm