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4 days ago · This starts the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States. 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 ...
3 days ago · Harry S. Truman (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.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 days ago · Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Signature. 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. [2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
- 1928–1950
- Eton College
4 days ago · Robin Williams. On September 30, 1988, the Space Shuttle Discovery ( STS-26) crew started its day with a wakeup call from Williams imitating his character Adrian Cronauer in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam. Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.
3 days ago · Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on Lewis Carroll 's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. The production was supervised by Ben Sharpsteen, and was directed by Clyde ...
- $3 million
Apr 3, 2024 · Marlon Brando (seated centre) in The Wild One (1953), directed by Laslo Benedek. (more) Brando made his motion picture debut in The Men (1950), a powerfully realistic study of disabled World War II veterans. In preparation for his role, he spent a month in a hospital paraplegic ward.
1 day ago · 1950年－1951年中華民國縣市長選舉，是臺灣戰後時期 地方自治的開始，在蔣中正於1950年3月宣布「復行視事」回任總統、6月韓戰爆發後，即由留學美國的政治學博士、時任臺灣省政府主席的吳國楨推動。
