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1950 U.S. Census
The population was 150,697,361 this was a 14.5% increase from 1940. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Rosenberg's Espionage Trial
The first to be convicted of spying for the Soviets. -
Presidential Election of 1952
Republican President Dwight D Eisenhower defeated Stevenson -
First Hydrogen Bomb Tests
First successful atomic bomb was in 1949 -
CIA Assists Overthrow of Government in Iran 1954
The Iranian military with the support of the US government overthrows the Premier government of Mohammed Mossadeq of Iran.