1950's By roth13 Period: Jul 24, 1945 to Jul 24, 1985 COLD WAR Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Mar 29, 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are convicted as Soviet spies Jul 19, 1952 Olympics at Helsinki, Finland Nov 4, 1952 First Hydrogen Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll Jul 27, 1953 Armistice Signed to end Korean War Dec 30, 1953 First color T.V. sets sold Feb 23, 1954 Children begin to be vaccinated for polio Apr 22, 1954 McCarthy "Witch Hunt" trials begin Jan 3, 1959 Alaska admitted to union as 49th state Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii is admitted as 50th state Sep 29, 1959 First of the Eisenhower and Khrushchev meetings
