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1950's

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    COLD WAR

  • Korean War Begins

    Korean War Begins

  • Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are convicted as Soviet spies

    Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are convicted as Soviet spies

  • Olympics at Helsinki, Finland

    Olympics at Helsinki, Finland

  • First Hydrogen Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll

    First Hydrogen Bomb at Eniwetok Atoll

  • Armistice Signed to end Korean War

    Armistice Signed to end Korean War

  • First color T.V. sets sold

    First color T.V. sets sold

  • Children begin to be vaccinated for polio

    Children begin to be vaccinated for polio

  • McCarthy "Witch Hunt" trials begin

    McCarthy "Witch Hunt" trials begin

  • Alaska admitted to union as 49th state

    Alaska admitted to union as 49th state

  • Hawaii is admitted as 50th state

    Hawaii is admitted as 50th state

  • First of the Eisenhower and Khrushchev meetings

    First of the Eisenhower and Khrushchev meetings