1950

The awesome 1950's!

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  • First modern credit card!

    First modern credit card!
    diners club!

  • THE CENCUS

    THE CENCUS
    The enumeration began on April 1, 1950 Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 150,697,361, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 Census.[1]

  • First Peanuts Cartoon Strip

    First Peanuts Cartoon Strip
    FIRST CHARLIE BROWN COMIC!

  • First nuclear fission power plant!

    First nuclear fission power plant!
    nuclear energy is produced by splitting atoms for the first time!

  • I like IKE (dwight d. eisenhower)

    I like IKE (dwight d. eisenhower)
    ike becomes presisdent takes the oath of office

  • Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll

    Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll
    PRESLEY

  • First successful kidney transplant performed

    First successful kidney transplant performed
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  • School segregation is banned!

    School segregation is banned!
    On May 17th,1954 school segregation was banned! There are still people out there who disagree with this decision but most people have leaned to live with it.

  • velcro fastening intraduced

    velcro fastening intraduced
    1950's

  • Sputnik 1 the first satellite to orbit the earth launched into space by the Russians

    Sputnik 1 the first satellite to orbit the earth launched into space by the Russians
    The space age becomes a reality