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20 hours ago · The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion.
1 day ago · Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism , opposition to totalitarianism , and support of democratic socialism .
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1 day ago · Harry S. Truman [b] (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
3 days ago · George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
3 days ago · Local communist movements attempted to take over all of Korea (1950) and Vietnam (1954). Communist hegemony covered one third of the world's land while the United States emerged as the world's more influential superpower, and formed a worldwide network of military alliances.
4 days ago · 1950: Annie Get Your Gun: Annie Oakley: Betty Hutton: The Baron of Arizona: James Reavis: Vincent Price: The Bells of Nagasaki: Takashi Nagai: Masao Wakahara Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano de Bergerac: José Ferrer: The Jackie Robinson Story: Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson: Julius Caesar: Julius Caesar: Harold Tasker Madeleine: Madeleine Smith ...
1 day ago · Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, it features supervision by Ben Sharpsteen. The film was directed by Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi.
