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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.
1950 in the United States (21 C, 24 P) Occupied Japan (10 C, 41 P) 1950s strikes in the United States (4 P) 1951 in the United States (20 C, 15 P) 1952 in the United States (21 C, 17 P) 1953 in the United States (22 C, 21 P) 1954 in the United States (20 C, 26 P) 1955 in the United States (19 C, 20 P) 1956 in the ...
19th century – 20th century – 21st century. Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s. Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959. Categories: Births – Deaths – Architecture. Establishments – Disestablishments. The 1950s began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959.
1950 ( MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade.
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Federal government
1. President: Harry S. Truman (D-Missouri) 2. Vice President: Alben W. Barkley (D-Kentucky) 3. Chief Justice: Fred M. Vinson (Kentucky) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) 5. Senate Majority Leader: Scott W. Lucas (D-Illinois) 6. Congress: 81st
January–March
1. January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crimein the U.S. 2. January 7 – A fire consumes Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, killing 41 patients. 3. January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Achesondelivers his "Perimeter Speech", outlining the boundary of U.S. security guarantees. 4. January 17 – Great Brinks Robbery: 11 thieves steal more than $2,000,000 from an armored car in Boston, Massachusetts. 5. January 21 –...
April–June
1. April 14 – NSC 68 is issued by the United States National Security Council, advocating the development of the hydrogen bomb, increased military aid to America's allies, and the rollback of communist expansion. 2. April 25 – The trial of alleged communist spy Judith Coploncommences in New York City. 3. May 1 – First African American winner of a Pulitzer Prize: Gwendolyn Brooks wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her 1949 volume Annie Allen. 4. May 9 – L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics:...
July–September
1. July 8 – G. Mennen Williams, the Governor of Michigan, is attacked and briefly held hostage while visiting Marquette Branch Prison, as part of an inmate escape plot. 2. August 5 – A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortresscrashes into a residential area in California; 17 are killed and 68 injured. 3. August 8 – Winston Churchillexpresses support for the idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the United States. 4. August 23 – Legendary African American singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose pass...
January 1 – Steve Ripley, country singer (d. 2019)January 2January 4January 6January 2 – Anthony Prusinski, politician (b. 1901)January 15 – Henry H. Arnold, five-star general (b. 1886)January 22 – Alan Hale, Sr., actor (b. 1892)February 7 – William Murphy, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1885)En la década de 1950, la disputa entre los dos nuevos ejes mundiales, se intensificó notablemente con la guerra de Corea y la posterior división del país en dos estados diferentes. Se inició una carrera armamentística sin precedentes que se extendería en las siguientes décadas, así la URSS y EE. UU. se iniciaron a la carrera de un ...
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, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...
