Decade - 1950s

According to the United States Census for 1950, the population of Utah was 696,000. This placed it 38th in the country.

The economy was struggling, as Hungary had to trade with the Soviet Union through Comecon on uneven terms, and often received unfair prices for their exports there. Protesters demanded free trade unions and for Hungary to develop trade links with the West.

Another reason was because of the oppressive Communist government. The leaders of Hungary often played a dictatorial rule, and used intimidation and violence to keep control. There was no freedom of speech or press, and religion was discouraged. People protested for their right to freedom of speech and free elections, for an end to the one-party system, and for Hungary to become a neutral state.

Italians migrated to Australia because they sought a better life as the labour in Italy was cheap especially in the agriculture industry.

In the 1950s, Australia's Snowy River Hydro-Electric Scheme attracted tens of thousands of overseas workers. They were attracted by the high pay, the freedoms available in Australia and the surety of employment in the post-war period.

1.) In the 1950s the government built a steel mill, an oil refinery and many hydroelectric dams. The government also set up a bank that had the explicit purpose of lending money to new businesses. 2.) In an attempt to combat poverty, the Brazilian government instituted a variety of development programs. Most of these programs have focused on developing the industrial sector and also on encouraging people to migrate to Brazil's sparsely populated interior regions. 3.) Another great success was the creation and widespread use of the alcohol-based fuel - gasohol, which is a mix of gasoline and ethanol. By using ethanol (which comes from sugarcane), Brazil has been able to avoid spending large amounts of money on expensive foreign oil. These efforts have resulted in manufacturing now accounting for one third of Brazil's gross national product and status as one of the world's leading industrial nations.

In 1950, shortly after Mao Zedong came to power, the People's Liberation Army invaded and occupied the Eastern regions of Tibet, claiming that its territory was rightfully part of China. This began a disagreement between China and Tibet that lasts to this day over the sovereignty of Tibet.

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Better Dead than Red was the slogan of American anti-communists in the 1950's. The British pacifist Betrand Russell favoured the opposite slogan "Better Red than Dead" The "so-called war" would have been the Cold War.

People from all over Europe, America, the Middle East, and China were attracted to the Australian gold rush. Most of them brought nothing but a will to work hard and the skills they had attained in their home countries. Many of them never saw any gold but their skills proved to be invaluable to the formation of Australia as a country that could stand up on its own.

Im sure that there are many, but the two that spring to mind for me are Michael Jackson & Madonna who are both born in 1958. Hope that helps.

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The Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954 led to Sen Joseph McCarthy's massive loss of popularity and his later censure.

The hearings were an offshoot of McCarthy's campaigns to uncover subversives in government operations, with his attacks on the U.S. Army leading to the first televised government hearings in U.S. history, the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954.

Airing on national television from April 22 and June 17, 1954, for 188 hours of broadcast time in front of 22 million viewers. McCarthy’s frequent interruptions and his calls of "point of order" made him the object of national ridicule.

On June 9, the hearings reached their moment of greatest drama, when Army Counsel Joseph Welch told McCarthy " I think I never really gauged your cruelty, or your recklessness. .... Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

The gallery broke into applause and two weeks later the hearings came to an inconclusive finish.

Yes, Charles Babbage (England) designed and built a mechanical computer beginning in 1822. It had more than 25000 parts and weighed 15 tons and wasn't as powerful as a pocket computer these days.

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Elvis Presley

pat Boone

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ricky nelson

Etta James

Lavern Baker

James Brown

Marvin Gaye

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Coco Chanel set the fashion for the 'tailleur'.

No Internet, no mobile phones and land-based telephones were not much used for private communication (except in emergency). Very little television. So radio, newspapers and cinemas provided a lot of the mass communication. People met each other face to face or sent letters by post.

Unfortunately there is no easy answer for your question. With Elvis autographs, a lot of it depends on what the signature happens to be on. With photographs, it will make a difference in when the picture is from--event, concert, etc. Your autograph will have to be authenticated through Graceland before you will get a price from a reputable dealer of collectables or memorabilia. I hope this gives you some ideas!

Rock music likely functioned as an outlet for teenagers who want to be different from their parents. Teens like to rebel and rock music offered them an outlet to do that. It represented independence and a way to do their own thing, and show that they could make their own decisions.

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Supremes, Sherrells, Bobbie Gentry, Barbara Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Petula Clark, Mary Hopkin, Cass Elliot, Judy Collins, Joanie Mitchell, Joan Baez, Janice Joplin.

it was like nothing before, it was like Wow, and like Pow. Gotta get that Boom Boom POW! Ok see ya'll later! - Sammi Cheese the start of Rock and Roll, Elvis and Pat Boone were very popular then came Bill Hailey and his Comets, of course the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and Nat King Cole just to name a few.

These were some of the actors famous in the 1950's: Bette Davis, Clark Gable, John Wayne, Tony Curtis, William Holden, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Kirk Douglas, Jimmy Stewart, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda.

Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Holliday, Doris Day, Susan Hayward, they were Hollywood actors in the 1950's and are still well known today!

The beatles formed in 1959 as the Quarrymen (John Lennon and friends from Quarry Bank Grammar School), changing name to the Beatles in 1960. The addition of drummer Ringo Starr in 1962 saw the final line up. Their first record 'love me do' reached No17 in UK chart in october 1962. In Nov 1963 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' entered the UK chart at No1. Released in Dec in the U.S it spent seven weeks at No1.

when someone says hello you also say HELLO, hahaha der!!