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1950 BCE
Nuclear Creation
https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/timeline/timeline1950.html
Nuclear devices were launched
Nuclear devices were finally made
USA was called: Atomic USA. -
Fashion
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1950-1959/
Casual: More softened on shoulders
Formal: Formal Clothing was cheaper now
Elegant: Became more light on human skin. -
Music
https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Coasters
The Drifters (Grouped in 1951-1953) Became one of the most popular band musicians of the 1950s decade. -
Television
https://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=episode-guides/t-aos
Adventures of Superman had 6 seasons in total and on April 28th, 1958 was the season finale. For the director, that person was Robert Maxwell the creator of Superman. -
Toys
https://idahopotatomuseum.com/mr-potato-head/#:~:text=1952%2D%20Mr.,felt%20pieces%20resembling%20facial%20hair. Mr. Potato Head was a good toy at best. It had many arms and body parts to it that you could customize with. However, it did not look like today's potato head. It in fact didn't have a potato body and had more of a small, smooth egg-shaped body that had a red or blue color on the outside. The head was the reason why the toy was named: "Potato Head." -
US President
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower/ Dwight D. Eisenhower the US President for the 1950 decade. Was originally supreme commander on D-day. Along with that, they also as a commander he commanded ally forces all the way in North Africa. Both of these events most likely gave him a chance to be president. -
Sports Figure
https://www.mlb.com/player/ernie-banks-110533 Ernie Banks is a legendary black baseball player. Although he died at the age of 83 from a car crash, many people liked him and many did not. In the 1950s people were still judgement about black people. So many did not like him even when he did good. But banks were also using him as a product as in using his face on banks to attract more people. -
Movies
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Godzilla The 1954 film Gojira filmed in Tokyo was a breathing monster of fire 50 meters in the sky tearing down Tokyo and scarring people everywhere. Although this movie was a hit in Japan, American Gojira viewers loved it as a franchise. Gojira if translated into American means: Godzilla. Making Godzilla its new name. -
Actor
https://jamesdean.com/ James Dean was an actor who worked in acting until 1955. Died at the age of 24 from a car crash in his Porsche. Although before his death he went for acting careers in New York and Los Angeles and was successful in around 1952 when he got his job for acting. -
Technology
https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik.html The Sputnik 1. Made by the Soviet Union was used as a Satellite. Although it was as big as a beach ball it was still very efficient in their programming. Sputnik was also made because of a Space race between all of the big countries like America, Russia, China, Japan, and more! -
Transportation
https://www.militarytoday.com/tanks/t55.htm The T-55 was used for transporting goods and also was used for battle. In the cold war, the T-55 was mostly produced for terrain battle but could have been used for transporting goods such as weapons and technology.