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Decade - 1950s
The 1950s was the decade that started on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. The most notable events in the 1950s include the Korean War (1950-1953) and the launch of the satellite, "Sputnik 1" (1957).
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Who are gay actors of the 1950's?
Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Montgomery Clift and Anthony Perkins, Paul Lynn, Roddy McDowel.
What are names of singers of the 1950's?
Some of the singers who made their mark beginning in the 1950's included: Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Ray Price, Jim Reeves, Red Foley, the Louvin Brothers, Hank Snow, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, the Wilburn Brothers, Carl Smith, Jean Shepard, Justin Tubb (son of Ernest Tubb), Goldie Hill, Ferlin Husky, Skeeter Davis and Porter Wagoner.
What did joe McCarthy do in 1950?
he had a list of Communist agents working for the gov. in high capacities
What big events happened from 1900s to 1950s?
1901
Death of Queen Victoria
1901
Edward VII comes to English throne
1901
Marconi sends first transatlantic radio message from Britain
1901
Commonwealth of Australia established
1902
Eruption of Mount Pelée, Martinique (40,000 killed)
1902
Boers surrender to British forces in South Africa
1903
Wright Brothers make first controlled flight in aeroplane
1903
Henry Ford designs first mass-produced cars
1903
Bolshevik Party established in Russia
1905
Norway separates from Sweden
1905
Trans-Siberian Railway completed
1905
"Bloody Sunday" massace of protestors in St Petersburg
1905
Albert Einstein develops special theory of relativity
1906
Movement for Women's Suffrage becomes active in Britain
1906
Norwegian Roald Amundsen navigates North-West Passage
1907
Death of Edvard Grieg (Norwegian composer)
1908
Lord Baden-Powell founds Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
1908
Bulgaria liberated from Turkish rule by Russia
1909
American Robert Peary first to reach North Pole
1909
Union of South Africa established
1910
Death of Florence Nightingale (nurse and hospital reformer)
1910
George V succedes to British throne
1910
Portuguese monarchy abolished in favour of republic
1910
Mexican Revolution under Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa leads to civil war
1910
Death of Leo Tolstoy (writer)
1911
Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes first to reach South Pole
1911
Chinese Revolution - Sun Yat-Sen establishes Republic
1911
Death of Gustav Mahler (composer)
1912
African National Congress (ANC) formed in South Africa to fight apartheid
1913
Nijinsky and Pavlova perfoming Fokine and Diaghilev's ballets
1914
First World War - Germany/Austria vs Britain/France/Russia
1914
Panama Canal opened
1914
Charlie Chaplin makes his first silent movies
1916
Albert Einstein publishes General Theory of Relativity
1916
Grigory Rasputin murdered by nobles of Nicholas II's court
1916
Unsuccessful Easter Rising by Irish Republicans
1917
Death of Buffalo Bill Cody (showman)
1917
Chicago takes over from New Orleans as capital of jazz
1917
US enters First World War - balance tips in Allies' favour
1917
Bolshevik Revolution under Vladimir Ilych Lenin and Leon Trotsky
1918
Lawrence of Arabia aids British forces in Middle East
1918
Tsar Nicholas II killed
1918
End of First World War (25m killed) - Versailles Conference
1918
Women over 30 granted right to vote in Britain
1918
Earnest Rutherford splits the atom
1918
Death of Claude Debussy (composer)
1918
Jewish League formed by David Ben Gurion
1918
Spanish influenza pandemic (50 to 100 million killed worldwide)
1919
Start of "Indianization" of civil service
1919
Irish Republican Army (IRA) formed as radical military wing of Sinn Fein
1919
Death of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (artist)
1919
Treaty of Versailles - Germany loses annexed lands and colonies
1919
Germany proclaimed a republic
1919
Prohibition of alcohol in North America
1919
Kemal Atatürk leads Turkish nationlist resistance
1919
Jewish Zionists start immigration into Palestine
1919
Poland recognized as independent state after First World War
1919
League of Nations formed
1921
Chinese Communist Party founded
1921
Death of Enrico Caruso (opera singer)
1921
Economic collapse and famine in Russia - 5 million die
1921
Greece declares war on Turkey
1922
TS Eliot writes "The Waste Land"
1922
Dane Niels Bohr wins Nobel Prize for work on atomic theory
1922
Fascist Benito Mussolini siezes power as dictator in Italy
1922
James Joyce writes "Ulysses"
1922
Ireland partitioned into Ulster (North) and Irish Free State (South)
1922
Republic of Turkey declared under Kemal Pasha
1922
Britain grants independence to Egypt
1923
Arnold Schoenberg develops 12-tone system of music
1924
First Labour Government under Ramsay MacDonald voted in Britain
1924
Death of Giaccomo Puccini (composer)
1924
Joseph Stalin becomes Premiere of Russia after Death of Lenin
1924
Greece declares itself a republic
1925
Art Deco movement at its height
1926
German physicist Werner Heisenberg develops his uncertainty principle
1926
General Strike in Britain
1926
Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan
1926
Death of Rainer Maria Rilke (poet)
1926
Antonio Salazar leads military coup in Portugal
1927
Charles Lindburgh makes first solo flight of Atlantic
1927
First "talkie" movie - "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson
1927
Leon Trotsky expelled from Communist Party
1928
Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1928
Equal adult suffrage established in Britain
1928
Walt Disney introduces character of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
1928
Bessie Smith recording first Blues songs
1929
Kurt Weill writes "Threepenny Opera"
1929
Valentines Day Massacre - Al Capone gains control of Chicago underworld
1929
Astronomer Edwin Hubble shows that the universe is expanding
1929
US Stock Market Crash
1930
Death of DH Lawrence (writer)
1930
Mahatma Ghandi leads Salt March in India
1930
Civil War in China between Nationalists and Communists
1930
Pluto (last planet) discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
1930
Heile Selassie becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1931
Japanese invade Manchuria
1931
Spain proclaimed a republic
1931
Floods in Central China kill up to 4 million
1932
Aldous Huxley writes "Brave New World"
1933
Adolph Hitler becomes dictator after coup
1933
End of Prohibition of alcohol
1933
FD Roosevelt becomes US President
1934
Death of Sir Edward Elgar (composer)
1934
Long March by Chinese communists under Mao Tse-Tung
1934
Bonnie Parke and Clyde Barrow ("Bonnie and Clyde") killed in Louisiana
1935
Benito Mussolini invades Abyssinia
1935
Germany under Hitler begins persecution of Jews (6m killed)
1935
Count Basie leads his Big Band Orchestra
1936
King George V dies - Edward VIII abdicates - George VI accedes
1936
Joe Louis becomes heavyweight boxing champion
1936
Great purge of Russian political parties by Stalin
1936
Spanish Civil War starts
1936
Assassination of Federico García Lorca (Spanish poet)
1937
Neville Chamberlaine's government appeases Germany and Italy
1937
Japanese advance into Northern China and Mongolia
1937
Eire (Southern Ireland) declares itself completely independent state
1937
Death of Maurice Ravel (composer)
1938
Enrico Fermi wins Nobel Prize for work on atomic energy
1938
Hitler siezes Austria (Anschluss) and Czechoslovakia
1939
Russia signs non-agression pact with Hitler's Germany
1939
"Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" movies released
1939
Britain and France enter Second World War after Hitler invades Poland
1939
Discovery of nuclear fission by German physicists Hahn, Meitner, Strassmann and Frisch
1940
Sir Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
1940
Battle of Britain - Germany defeated in air
1940
Marshal Pétain agrees armistice with Hitler - France occupied
1940
Japan occupies Indo-China
1941
Germany invades Russia - Russia enters Second World War
1941
Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbour brings US into Second World War
1941
Josip Broz Tito leads coommunist revolution in Yugoslavia
1942
British army under Montgomery drives Germans out of Egypt
1942
Manhattan Project established to develop atomic bomb
1943
Mussolini overthrown and Fascist Party dissolved
1944
Iceland declares independence from Denmark
1944
D-Day - Allies make crucial push into France
1944
International Monetary Fund (IMF) established
1944
Charles de Gaulle organizes provisional government after Paris liberated
1945
Germany surrenders - end of Second World War (45m killed)
1945
US drops first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Japan surrenders
1945
Clement Attlee becomes Labour Prime Minister of Britain
1945
ENIAC considered to be first functional computer
1945
Russian intransigence after Potsdam conference starts "Cold War"
1945
Death of Bela Bartok (Hungarian composer)
1945
United Nations (UN) formed
1946
Italy votes to become a republic
1946
Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal
1946
Start of First Indochina War for independence from French rule
1946
League of Nations formally abandoned
1946
General Juan Perón elected president of Argentina
1947
British withdraw from India - Partition of India and Pakistan
1947
"Iron Curtain" effectively drawn around Soviet-controlled countries
1947
US Marshall Plan aid spurs European economic recovery
1948
George Orwell writes "1984"
1948
British pull out of Palestine - state of Israel established
1948
Enver Hoxha leads Albania as independent Stalinist state
1948
Organization of American States (OAS) formed
1948
Korea divided into North and South Republics
1948
Mahatma Ghandi assassinated
1949
People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-Tung
1949
West Germany declared a republic - Konrad Adenauer becomes Chanceller
1949
Comecon setablished to coordinate Soviet block economies
1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed
1949
Council of Europe formed
1949
William Faulkner wins Nobel Prize for Literature
1950
Death of George Bernard Shaw (dramatist)
1950
Bertrand Russell receives Nobel Prize for Literature
1950
Korean War starts - Communist North vs Capitalist South
1950
US becomes involved in Korean War
Hope there is enough here for you from the history of the world ?
Why did Gwendolyn Brooks have to transfer from Wendell Phillips to Englewood High School?
Because she was a smart black person and she was at a non-intelligent black school
What was the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950's?
McCarthyism. Investigations lead by Senator Joseph McCarthy lead investigations, mainly against entertainers and educators, accused of being communist sympathizers. Many movie stars, public university professors were accused of anti-American conspiracy with little or no evidence, and were blackballed from working in their industries.
Why has the price of technetium gone down since the 1950s?
The price of technetium has gone down because there wasnt much technetium in the 1950s which made it rare and expencive but now there are more power stations now than there was before which produce technetium so there is more about and has reduced in price.
Was the 1800's American Dream a realistic goal?
Answer I think it was very realistic and still is because success is attainable with hardwork and determination.
How has sports changes since the 60's?
well the population of the sports games have gone up dramaticly same thing with the price and the drunk fans
What were effects of Rise of consumerism in 1950's?
The rise of consumerism in the 1950s emphasized gender roles (the man works, while the woman stays at home) and de-emphasized class roles. The idea that anyone could attain "the good life" was reinforced by the booming economy and consumerism.
The viewers were very elgant but dirty men (for the most part) i am a viewer of the first NFL championship game the cowboys won it 18-10
What were the main sources and consequences of economic prosperity in the 1950s?
US soldiers who had returned from World War II were going to college and becoming eligible for high-paying jobs. They were also becoming homeowners, thanks to the GI Bill, and the country was near full employment. On the somewhat downside, the use of credit cards became the norm. As a result, the practice of buying with money they didn't have helped to produce a buy now, pay later mindset that shaped the latter half of the twentieth century, contributing to the country's eventual credit meltdown.
What type of music did Elvis Presley perform when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s?
Rock n' Roll
Why did Turks emigrate to Germany in the 1950s and 1960s?
The waves of Turks that came to Germany after World War II came to Germany because the Turks needed jobs and Germany needed guest workers to rebuild the country after the destruction of World War II. Turkey, by contrast, had massive unemployment and German wages were incredibly attractive.
What date was the first launch in the 1950s?
The first object to cross the Karman line was the V-2 rocket in 1944 by the Wermacht.
The first artificial satellite to be launched was Sputnik by the Soviet Union October 4th 1957.
What was the important events during the 60's and 70's?
They went to the moon in 1969. John F. Kennedy died in Dallas in 1963. 1960 John F Kennedy elected President of the United States. 1961 Berlin Wall built. 1962 U.S. astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. becomes the first American to orbit the earth. 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. 1964 The Beatles storm America and appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 1965 U.S. escalates war in Viet Nam. 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) formed. 1967 First heart transplant. 1968 President Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he won't seek re-election; Richard M. Nixon defeats Hubert H. Humphrey for President. 1968 Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated. 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the moon. 1969Woodstock-"Three Days of Peace and Love" draws hundreds of thousands to a farm in New York. 1969 The Stonewall riots transform the gay rights movement from one limited to a small number of activists into a widespread protest for equal rights and acceptance. Patrons of a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn, fight back during a police raid on June 27, sparking three days of riots.
What was conformity in the 1950's?
Conformity in the 50's was basically how new trends in society became the new "it" thing. If one person began doing something, eventually it became a rather popular thing. Everyone was conforming to form a group of something. For instance the rock and roll stage. And the "beats" who rebelled from societies stereotype.
When many people think of the 1950's, they think of that traditional family, with two kids perhaps, and the mom stays at home and the dad works. Like "I Love Lucy." That's conformity. When everyone dresses similar, and participates in the same activities because they don't want to stand out.
I'm going to disagree with the comment above mine. Rock and roll and the "beats" were not part of conformity. Like it says, they rebelled against society. I am learning about this right now in history, and it turns out that there wasn't as much conformity in the 1950's like everyone assumes. There was writers, artists, musicians (these people were known as the "beats") who all stepped out of the boundary set by society. Such as Elvis Presley with rock and roll. There was also youth revolts, where the youth were influenced by the "beats." Also there was civil rights activists starting to crop up.
What were popular tv shows in the 1950s?
Dates are when the series started.
"The Texaco Star Theatre" (1948)
"The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950)
"The Jack Benny Program" (1950)
"Your Show of Shows" (1950)
"Dragnet" (1951)
"What's My Line" (1951)
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
"The Red Skelton Show" (1951)
"Our Miss Brooks" (1952)
"Death Valley Days" (1952)
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952)
"Adventures of Superman" (1952)
"The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952)
"Make Room for Daddy" (1953)
"The Loretta Young Show" (1953)
"Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (1954)
"Lassie" (1954)
"Howdy Doody" (1954)
"Face the Nation" (1954)
"Caesar's Hour" (1954)
"People are Funny" (1954)
"Father Knows Best" (1954)
"Gunsmoke" (1955)
"The Phil Silvers Show" (1955)
"The Mickey Mouse Show" (1955)
"Cheyenne" (1955)
"The Lawrence Welk Show" (1955)
"Highway Patrol" (1955)
"Captain Kangaroo" (1955)
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)
"This Is Your Life" (1955)
"Playhouse 90" (1956)
"To Tell the Truth" (1956)
"The Price Is Right" (1956)
"Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957)
"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)
"Wagon Train" (1957)
"The Real McCoys" (1957)
"Perry Mason" (1957)
"Maverick" (1957)
"Chet Huntley Reporting" (1957)
"Naked City" (1958)
"77 Sunset Strip" (1958)
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958)
"Sea Hunt" (1958)
"Mister Ed" (1958)
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958)
"The Rifleman" (1958)
"Twilight Zone" (1959)
"Rawhide" (1959)
"Dennis the Menace" (1959)
"The Untouchables" (1959)
"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959)
"Bonanza" (1959)
"The Andy Williams Show" (1959)
Which factor contributed to the US economic growth in the 1950s?
US productivity in manufacturing
U.S. industrial power
the growth of domestic consumerism
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In 1930's to 1950's did they have shillings?
Yes, shillings were minted up to 1967. Because they were equivalent to 5 pence they continued to circulate alongside 5p coins until that denomination was reduced in diameter in the early 1990s.
