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August 6, 1945
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Japan. -
Ending of WWII
WWII offically ended after six years of battle causing over 420,000 deaths for the United States. -
Alice Coachman
becomes the first woman of color to be a member of the US All-American Track and Field Team. -
The Women's Professional Golf Association is formed.
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill gives “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri, tensions rise between United States and Soviet Union -
Physical Therapists
With the polio epidemic during the 1940s and 1950s, physical therapists were in greater demand than ever before.
The American Physiotherapy Association’s membership swelled to 3,000 by 1946, and the number of physical therapy education programs across the United States increased from 16 to 39. -
House of Dior: Women's Wear
The House of Dior came out with the "New Look" that was very popular with the women. This clothing consisted of below-mid-calf length, full-skirt, pointed bust, small waist, and rounded shoulder line dresses. -
Althea Gibson
becomes the first African-American— male or female—to play in a major United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) event. -
Philosophy
In the early and mid- 1950's, physical educators sought to employ more strictly the "structural analysis or implications techniques" for the analysis of different phlosophies on physical education -
Christianity and Sport
During the 1950’s in the USA, Christianity and sport started to reengage again because the appeal of sport meant that the aims of attracting a crowd at Christian youth revivals could
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Physical Education Major
By 1950, there were over 400 United States colleges and universities offering majors in physical education -
Babe Didrikson Zaharis
named “Women Athlete of the Half Century” -
Prostestant Evangelicas
Protestant evangelicas began to recognize sports as a cultural vehicle to proselytize -
First Color Tv Shows
CBS broadcasted the very first commercial color TV program, though nealry no one could watch it on their black-and-white televisions. -
"Charlotte's Web" By E.B. White
The best selling book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White came out -
Graphic Computer Game
A.S. Douglas created first graphical computer game,Noughts And Crosses, a tic-tac-toe game. -
Patricia McCormick
Patricia McCormick from Big Spring, TX, becomes the first North American woman bullfighter on Jan. 20 in Juarez, Mexico. 1952 -
International basketball competition
begins for women, with the USA women's basketball team winning the gold medal in the World Championships. -
Kraus-Hirschland
Kraus-Hirschland published an article entitled “Muscular Fitness and Health”
- Compared European and American children on fitness
- 60% of AMerican children failed at least in test, 9% of European children failed at least one -
ACSM
Founded in 1954, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) promotes and integrates scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical performance, fitness, health, and quality of life. -
Brown VS. Board of Education
sepreme court case in which a team of NAACP attorneys challenged the courts in the legality of segregation in public education -
Sports Illustrated
.August 16, 1954 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published. -
"Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley and the Comets
The hit song "Rock around the clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets came out. -
UK basketball
Kentucky loses after 130 home basketball game win streak -
Bus boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by a young Martin Luther King had began, which lasted until Decemeber 20,1956 -
Youth Fitness
1956-President Eisenhower formed President’s Council on Youth Fitness -
Predential Fitness Week
Nation celebrates its first “Presidential Fitness Week”
