1950’s Timeline
1950
- First Modern Credit Card Introduced
- First Organ Transplant-
Performed June 17, 1950, on Ruth Tucker, a 44-year-old woman with polycystic kidney disease.
- Korean War Begins
- U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb
1951
- Color TV Introduced
- Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
- Color TV Goes on Sale
- First Transcontinental Telecast- President Truman
- Long Distance Phone Calls Without an Operator
- Twenty-Second Amendment- Didn’t allow one person to be elected for president more than twice
1952
- 3D movies
- Charlotte’s Web is Published
- American Bandstand is Broadcasted- Mainly featured short musical films with occasional studio guests.
- Car Seat Belts Introduced
- Jonas Salk Develops Polio Vaccine
1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Becomes President
- Watson and Crick Uncover The Structure of DNA
- Playboy Magazine Starts With Marilyn Monroe on The Cover
1954
- Search of the Abominable Snowman
- First Atomic Submarine Launched
- Studies Show That Cigarettes Cause Cancer
- Segregation Ruled Illegal
1955
- Guinness Book of World Records is Published
- Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat On a bus
- Disneyland Opens
- McDonald’s Corporation founded
1956
· T.V. Remote Control Invented
· Velcro Introduced
· Suez Crisis- After the U.S s’ decision to withdraw its offer of a grant to aid the construction of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, Britain and France invaded Egypt.
· Liquid Paper (white out) is Invented
· U.S Refuses to Support the Hungarian Revolution
· IBM Ships a Hard Drive, The 5 MB. (305 RAMAC is as big as two refrigerators.)
1957
- Eisenhower Doctrine
- Soviets Launch Sputnik- First artificial satellite which began the U.S-U.S.SR space race
- First Nuclear Plant Goes Into Service
- Arkansas School Desegregation
- Laika is The First Animal to Be Sent Into Orbit
1958
- Hula Hoops Become Popular
- NASA is Founded
- LEGO Toy Bricks are Invented
- U.S Has Over 5000 Drive-ins
- Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian
1959
- International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve
- The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway
- U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed
- Barbie Dolls are Created
- Alaska Becomes a U.S state
- Hawaii is the Last to Become a U.S state
Key
- Medical and Science
- Space
- Culture
- Politics
- Inventions
