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Television
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htm1950-Television, or TV for short, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored, with or without accompanying sound. -
Marilyn Monroe
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000054/1950-Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1,1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s. -
Sugar Ray Robinson
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/robinson/about/bio.html1951-Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer. -
England gets a new Queen
http://www2.mvusd.k12.ca.us/eett/syoung/WDSTF/nq.htm1952-England's got a new queen: Queen Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, and is crowned the next year. -
Pter Pan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_(1953_film)1955-Peter Pan is broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin on March 7. Disney released an animated version the previous -
Elvis Presley
http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/biography_.aspx1955-Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King". -
Disney Land Opens
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/disneyland.htm1955-Disneyland opens on July 17, 1955 as Walt Disney's first theme park -
Hoola Hoop
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hula-hoop-patented1959-A hula hoop is a company toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs or neck. -
Birth Control
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=18&compID=531965-Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, are methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy. -
Crack Coccaine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic1983-Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, work, hard, iron, cavy, base, or just crack; it is said to be the most addictive form of cocaine, although this has been contested. Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers.
