Welcome to the 50's By austinc196 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1960 50's Jul 21, 1950 Korean War Begins Aug 21, 1950 First Modern Credit Card Introduced Oct 2, 1950 First “Peanuts” Cartoon Strip Dec 23, 1950 First Organ Transplant May 21, 1951 U.S. President Truman signs Peace Treaty with Japan to end WW2 Jun 21, 1951 Color TV Introduced Apr 24, 1952 Car Seat Belts Introduced May 21, 1952 Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at age 25 Jun 21, 1952 Polio Vaccine Invented Aug 21, 1952 Great Smog of 1952 May 21, 1953 DNA Discovered May 21, 1953 Joseph Stalin Dies Oct 21, 1953 First Climb to Mt. Everest (Hillary and Norgay) Apr 21, 1954 Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile May 21, 1954 Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Given to Children in Massive Trial Aug 21, 1954 First Atomic Submarine Launched Feb 21, 1955 Disneyland Opens May 21, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat Jul 17, 1955 First Mcdonald’s opens Jul 21, 1955 Warsaw Pact signed Aug 21, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott begins Feb 21, 1956 Hungarian Revolution May 21, 1956 Velcro Introduced Jul 21, 1956 T.V. Remote Control Invented Jul 24, 1956 Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco Oct 21, 1956 Khrushchev Denounces Stalin May 21, 1957 Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit Jul 21, 1957 European Economic Community Established Aug 21, 1957 Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age Nov 11, 1957 Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat Feb 21, 1958 Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian Mar 21, 1958 Hula Hoops Become Popular May 21, 1958 NASA Founded Jul 21, 1958 Boris Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize Aug 20, 1958 Chinese Leader Mao Zedong Launches the "Great Leap Forward" Sep 29, 1958 American Bobby Fischer Becomes Youngest Chess Grandmaster Oct 21, 1958 Peace Symbol Created Nov 21, 1958 LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced Jan 7, 1959 Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba Feb 15, 1959 The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway May 21, 1959 U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed Jul 21, 1959 International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve Oct 21, 1959 Kitchen Debate Between Nixon and Khrushchev Mar 21, 1960 Lasers Invented May 21, 1960 Walsh and Piccard Become the First to Explore the Deepest Place on Earth Jul 21, 1960 Most Powerful Earthquake Ever Recorded Hits Chile Aug 3, 1960 First Televised Presidential Debates Nov 21, 1960 Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City Dec 21, 1960 The Birth Control Pill Is Approved by the FDA
