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music
Fact 1: some famous gerenes were rock and roll, blues, jazz, and country
Fact 2: Johnny cash became one of the most popular country music artist in the 1950's
Fact 3: 1950 was when "rock and roll" became a thing
Fact 4: a lot of love songs came out in the 1950's
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_in_music -
1950 movie/ cinderella
fact 1: saved Walt Disney
Fact 2: before Cinderella Disney was at a 4 million debt
fact 3: the person who played Cinderella did not audition but was chosen to play her -
1950 transportation
https://prezi.com/7bjoo8r1-9yz/transportation-in-the-1950s/
https://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/cars-in-the-1950s/
https://prezi.com/fxko7tilsagt/transport-in-the-1950s/ fact 1: types of transportation was cars, passenger planes, trucks,trains.
fact 2: in the 50's the Corvette became huge/ sports car
fact 3: in the 50's buses became a thing -
1950 news
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history_(1950%E2%80%931969)
fact 1: Korean war started
fact 2: General Douglas MacArthur fired by President Truman for comments about using nuclear weapons on China
fact 3: Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists -
1950 fashion
fact 1: Girls wore poodle skirts, bobby sox, saddle shoes, and ponytails
fact 2:1950 was when fashion exploded into new directions and new colors
fact 3:Long skirts or dresses were popular -
TV/ radio show
Fact 1: I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS
Fact 2: started October 15,1951 ended May 6,1957
Fact 3: number of 6 seasons and 180 episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy -
1950 president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman fact 1: Harry S. Truman was the president in 1950
fact 2: born 1844 died 1972
fact 3: Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan
fact 4: led the United States into the Korean War -
1950 professional athlete
https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mays-willie
willie mays
fact 1: he started at age 16
fact 2: was in the army for 2 years
fact 3: he had a play and is now called " The Catch"
fact 4: he played 21 seasons with the giants
fact 5: born May 6th 1931 -
Actors/ Actresses
Fact 1: Dorothy Dandridge was the most famous African american actress in the 1950's
Fact 2: she was a singer, dancer, and actress
Fact 3: she was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award -
1950 technology
Fact 1: October 31,1950 was when Frank McNamara came up with the idea of the credit card
Fact 2: October 27,1959 was when the copy machine was made
Fact 3: on October 27,1958 The satellite Sputnik was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth from the USA.
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/technology-in-the-1950s -
Toys
https://www.metv.com/lists/10-toys-every-kid-in-the-1950s-wanted-for-christmas
fact 1: 1959 was the introduction to Barbie
fact 2: Mr. Potato Head was all the rage for kids in the 1950's
fact 3: 1958 was when the hula hoop hit the markets
