1950's

By stefaniaj1995

  • First Modern Credit Card Introduced

    First Modern Credit Card Introduced

  • First Organ Transplant

    First Organ Transplant

  • Korean War Begins

    Korean War Begins

  • U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb

    U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb

  • First "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip

    First "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip

  • South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race

    South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race

  • Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII

    Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII

  • General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China

    General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China

  • Color TV Introduced

    Color TV Introduced

  • Winston Churchill Again Prime Minister of Great Britain

    Winston Churchill Again Prime Minister of Great Britain

  • Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25

    Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25

  • Polio Vaccine Created

    Polio Vaccine Created

  • Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship

    Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship

  • Car Seat Belts Introduced

    Car Seat Belts Introduced

  • The Great Smog of 1952

    The Great Smog of 1952
    This smog lasted from December 5 to December 9 of 1952.
    It was mixed with black smoke emitted from homes and factories to create a deadly smog.

  • Joseph Stalin Dies

    Joseph Stalin Dies

  • DNA Discovered

    DNA Discovered

  • Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest

    Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest

  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage

  • First Playboy Magazine

    First Playboy Magazine

  • First Atomic Submarine Launched

    First Atomic Submarine Launched

  • Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile

    Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile

  • Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman

    Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman

  • Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

    Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

  • Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer

    Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer

  • McDonald's Corporation Founded

    McDonald's Corporation Founded

  • Disneyland Opens

    Disneyland Opens

  • Emmett Till Murdered

    Emmett Till Murdered

  • James Dean Dies in Car Accident

    James Dean Dies in Car Accident

  • Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus

    Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus

  • Khrushchev Denounces Stalin

    Khrushchev Denounces Stalin

  • T.V. Remote Control Invented

    T.V. Remote Control Invented

  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution

  • Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show

    Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show

  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis

  • Dr.Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat

    Dr.Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat

  • Little Rock,Arkansas school desegregation

    Little Rock,Arkansas school desegregation

  • Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age

    Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age

  • Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit

    Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit

  • European Economic Community Established

    European Economic Community Established

  • Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward"

    Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward"

  • Peace Symbol Created

    Peace Symbol Created

  • Hula Hoops Become Popular

    Hula Hoops Become Popular

  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded

  • Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize

    Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize

  • The Sounded of Music Opens on Broadway

    The Sounded of Music Opens on Broadway

  • Kitchen Debate Between Nixon and Khrushchev

    Kitchen Debate Between Nixon and Khrushchev

  • U.S. Quiz Shows Founded to be Fixed

    U.S. Quiz Shows Founded to be Fixed

  • Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba

    Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba

  • International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve

    International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve