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4 days 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.
May 21, 2024 · June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953. Location: North Korea. South Korea. Gwangju. Participants: China. North Korea. South Korea. United Nations. United States. Major Events: Inchon landing. Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Battle of Kapyong. Key People: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mao Zedong. Joseph Stalin. Harry S. Truman. Chesty Puller. Recent News.
- Allan R. Millett
1 day ago · A list of American films released in 1950. Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox 's All About Eve .
1 day ago · Tricky Dick, from a Democratic Party ad leading up to the 1950 U.S. Senate election in California saying "Look at 'Tricky Dick' Nixon's Republican Record". Gerald Ford. Jerry; Junie, childhood nickname; Mr. Nice Guy for his clean-cut and non-partisan image. Jimmy Carter. Hot, short for Hot Shot, which was a childhood nickname.
2 days ago · t. e. The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration ...
3 days ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...
3 days ago · Rock originated in the United States in the 1950s and then spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the ’60s; by the ’90s its impact was evident globally. How did rock music influence the emergence of folk rock?
