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Cars
1950 Chevrolet Bel Air was produced in 1950 that year Chevrolet sold 76,662 Bel airs.
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Actress
Marilyn Monroe was born June 1,1926 in Los Angeles, California. She was put in an orphanage at 9 years old. She had a minor plastic surgery on her nose.
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Movies
Cinderella was produced in 1950. The voice of Cinderella is Ilene Woods. Eleanor Audley, the voice of Lady Tremaine Cinderella's evil stepmother was also the voice of Maleficent a villian in another princess. One of Walt Disney’s favorite scenes came from this movie it was when the Fairy Godmother turned Cinderella’s torn dress into the ballgown.
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T.V. shows
I Love Lucy was a show starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. In the show Ball and Armaz are married and Balls character and her best friend cause all kinds of trouble that drive Armaz's and character crazy.
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Technology
In 1951 Charles Ginsburg invented the video tape recorder which was designed to record and playback videos. In 1959 Toshiba released the first commercial helical-scan video tape recorder.
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Presidents
president Dwight Eisenhower was president from 1953-1961. He was the first president to ride a helicopter. In 1955 while he was in colorado eisenhower had a heart attack and his staff took over the eight floor
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Sports Figure
Florence Chadwick was born on November 9, 1918 and died March 15, 1995. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, setting a record each time. She was dedicated to her goal, she swam before and after work, and trained for up to ten hours a day on her days off.
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fashion
Pencil skirts were invented in 1954 and were designed by Christian Dior. the skirt could be made with many different fabrics like knits and woven mixed with Lycra or elastane.
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News event
The first organ transplant was in 1954 and it was a kidney. The kidney was from one one identical twin to another. The person who performed the surgery was Dr. Joseph Murray, who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work.
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Music
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 he is known as the King of Rock and Roll. He was one of rock music’s dominant performers from mid 50s up until he died.
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Toys
The first Barbie was made in 1959 by Mattel and named the Fashion Queen Barbie. Over time Barbie grew more in popularity and even gained some friends and got different athnetisy’s like hispanic
http://www.skooldays.com/blog/toys-in-the-50s/