1950's

Conglomerates

Mar 17, 1950

Many white-collar workers performed their services in large corporations or government agencies.

Dinners Culb.

Apr 1, 1950

The first credit card.

Hydrogen Bomb

Jun 17, 1950

Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb.

Alan Freed

Apr 1, 1951

A clevlan ohio d.j, and was the first to play rock n roll music.

Golden Age Of T.v.

Apr 1, 1951

Comedy shows were popular like miltin eral, and i love luckey

Japanese peace treaty

Sep 8, 1951

Japanese peace treaty signal is san francisco by 49 nature.

George VI & Elizabeth II

Feb 6, 1952

George VI dies; His daughter and becomes elizabeth II.

Eisenhower

Nov 17, 1952

Eisenhower won 55 percent of the popular vote and a majority of the electoral college votes, while the republicans narrowly captured congress.

Stalin

Mar 5, 1953

Stalin Dies.

The cinemasciope

Apr 1, 1953

Introuduce by 20th centry fox, and project a wide angl image on a broad screen.

Terminatin poilcy

Apr 1, 1953

stop resovation systen and divided tribal land among native americans.

Julius & Ethel

Jun 19, 1953

Julius and ethel rosen bery executed in siry siny prison.

Mcdondal's

Apr 1, 1955

First franchise.

The organzation man.

Apr 1, 1956

The study of subrban park forest illnosise, And they wanted everyone to be the same for the comminity.

Baby Boom.

Jun 1, 1957

Height of the baby boom 1 infant is born every 7 seconds.

NASA

Feb 6, 1958

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established.

New Power in Cuba

Jul 1, 1959

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba

African Countires

Jul 1, 1960

Seventeen African countries gain independence

New Leadership for the 60's

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy is elected president.

Presidency

Nov 8, 1960

John F. Kennedy is elected president.

First Human in outer space.

Apr 12, 1961

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.

Bay of Pigs

Apr 17, 1961

U.S. Launches the Bay of Pigs invasion.

drug thalidomide

Oct 1, 1962

The drug thalidomide is pulled from the market after it is found responsible for thousands of birth defects in Europe.

Cuban Missile Crisis.

Oct 25, 1962

U.S. and USSR face off in the Cuban missile crisis,

assassination

Nov 6, 1963

President Kennedy is assassinated; Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president.

President

Nov 8, 1964

Lyndon B. Johnson is elected president.

troops entering.

May 7, 1965

U.S. Troops enter Vietnam.

Prime minister of India.

Jun 19, 1966

Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India

Isreal wins Arab territories..

May 15, 1967

Israel wins Arab territories in the Six Day War.

Warsaw Pact

Aug 20, 1968

Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.

inaugrated..

Jun 1, 1969

U.S. President Richard Nixon is inaugurated; promises "peace with honor" to end the Vietnam War.

Vietnam war ends

Mar 29, 1973

Agreement to end war to reastore peace. North Vietnamese troops to stay in south.

Lieutenat Colna robert steam

Apr 25, 1973

lONGEST HELD POW RETURNS HOME.

War powers act

Nov 7, 1973

President must inform congress withuin 48 hours before sending troops into a hostile area without decleration of war.

North & South..

Jul 2, 1976

North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Bicenntentil

Jul 4, 1976

200 day...

Elvis..

Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Found Dead

Steve Biko

Sep 12, 1977

South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death

test tube

Jul 25, 1978

First Test-Tube Baby Born

Becomes Pope

Oct 1, 1978

John Paul II Becomes Pope

First woman prime minister

May 4, 1979

Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain

Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 11, 1979

Mother Teresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize