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Harry Truman
After the Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman , Roosevelt's V.P., had became the president. -
Doris Day
Doris Day was an actress / activist that starred in many movies during the 1950s. -
Red China
The communists of China had tooken it over as a communist state. -
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie Ray was a partially deaf singer who made top songs during this time. Those include Cry, The Little White Cloud That Cried, and Walking in the Rain. -
South Pacific
The show, not the Ocean (actually it is based by the ocean itself). -
Walter Winchell
Walter was a famous radio host and newspaper editor around this time. -
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio was one of the many famous baseball players around this time. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. -
Joe McCarthy
A senator from Wisconsin that had unfairly ruled in favor of commited felons and civil cases. -
Richard Nixon
He was a part of the house of representatives that was accused of being a spy. -
Studebaker
A popular car during 1950. -
Television
A staple for the technology of the time, the television has changed the world in more ways than one, as it communicated others to information and had made a new form of entertainment. -
North Korea / South Korea
The split up between both Koreas. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was a popular "sex symbol" movie star. Married to Joe DiMaggio. -
Rosenbergs
Told the secrets of the Atomic Bomb to the Soviet Union. Were Executed. -
H-bomb
An atomic bomb made by the US. -
Sugar Ray
A famous and medal winning heavy-weight boxing champion for this time -
Panmunjom
Area where Korea and the US made negotiations. -
Brando
A Famous movie actor for the time. -
The King and I
The book/play that had became a famous movie during the time. -
The Catcher in the Rye
A famous book among teens. -
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower had been Supreme Commander in the World War II fight. -
Vaccine
The vaccine to the dreaded disease polio was discovered. -
England's got a new Queen
On February 6, 1952, Queen Elizabeth 2 ascended to the throne upon the death of her father. -
Marciano
Rocky Marciano was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. -
Liberace
Liberace was a popular pianist and entertainer, who worked with Elvis. -
Santayana good-bye
Famed philosopher George Santayana died. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the dictator and creator of the Soviet Union. -
Malenkov
A soviet politician. -
Nasser
The second president of Egypt. -
Prokofiev
A famous Russian composer and pianist. -
Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller was known as a playboy and hard drinker and was said to be a great influence on future Arkansas Governor and U.S. President Bill Clinton. -
Campanella
Roy Campanella was the all-star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Communist bloc
The Communist bloc was a state formed by the USSR and surrounding satelites. -
Roy Cohn
Roy Cohn was the advisor to Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Juan Perón
Juan Perón was a popular leader in Argentina who pursued social policies aimed at empowering the working class. -
Toscanini
As a world-famous conductor, Arturo Toscanini was considered to have been one of the greatest classical conductors of all time. -
Dacron
Dacron was an amazing material for the time. -
Dien Bien Phu falls
The French lose control over Indo-China. -
Rock Around the Clock
The first rock and roll hit song. -
Einstein
The Death of Albert Einstein. -
James Dean
James Dean was a movie star who became a symbol of young people. -
Brooklyn's got a winning team
The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team finally won the World Series. -
Davy Crockett
A famous tv show based off of the American folklore. -
Peter Pan
A famous Broadway show. -
Elvis Presley
Nicknamed "The King", Elvis Presley became a national phenomenon with such number-one hit songs as Heartbreak Hotel, Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog. -
Disneyland
The theme park based off of Disney's Characters. -
Bardot
A famous Movie star. -
Budapest
Anti-communist riots. -
Alabama
Rosa Parks and the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Khrushchev
One of the leaders of the Soviet Union. -
Princess Grace
Grace Kelly married a Prince. -
Peyton Place
The book Peyton Place became the number-1 best-seller. -
Trouble in the Suez
The USA withdrew their financial support for the Egyptian Aswan dam project. -
Period: to
1957
Little Rock,nine African-American students enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Pasternak, Boris Pasternak was a Russian poet, Mickey Mantle, Baseball player, Kerouac, author of On the Road, Sputnik, satellite made by USSR, Chou En-Lai, Minister of the Chinese Republic, Bridge on the River Kwai, famous movie based on Japanese camps. -
Period: to
1958
Lebanon, Eisenhower requested troopers to go to Lebanon,Charles de Gaulle, leader of France, California baseball, the moves of the Los Angeles Dodger and New York Giants to San Fransisco, Starkweather homicide, A serial Killer, Children of Thalidomide, Children born without limbs after their mothers took Thalidomide, a medication. -
Period: to
1959
Buddy Holly, popular singer, Ben Hur, a Movie based off of Rome, Space Monkey, monkeys were sent to space, Mafia, Mafia organizations in New York, Hula Hoops, the birth of the popular toy, Castro, Fidel Castro became prime minister of Cuba, Edsel is a no-go, a Ford car that had gotten Discontinued. -
9/11
On September 11th, Terrorists of the Al Qaeda Attacked the Pentagon and the World Trade Center with hijacked planes. -
Same Sex Marriage
The US made Same sex marriage legal. -
Pulse Nightclub Massacare
Omar Mateen killed 49 people on June 12th and it is considered the biggest Terrorist Mass Shooting in the Us. -
Donald Trump
Donald Trump became president.
