Historical Events of the 1950s

1950 First Peanuts Comic Strip First Organ Transplant Credit Card system in America World population numbers 2.52 billion (population today is estimated at over 6 billion). Population in the US reaches over 100 million people.

First Peanuts Comic Strip

First Organ Transplant

Credit Card system in America

World population numbers 2.52 billion (population today is estimated at over 6 billion). Population in the US reaches over 100 million people.

1951 Color TV introduced The still camera gets a built in flash

Color TV introduced

The still camera gets a built in flash

1952 Car seatbelts introduced Polio Vaccine created Princess Elizabeth become Queen of Great Britain

Car seatbelts introduced

Polio Vaccine created

Princess Elizabeth become Queen of Great Britain

1953 DNA discovered Mount Everest climbed by Sir Edward Hilary and Tensing

DNA discovered

Mount Everest climbed by Sir Edward Hilary and Tensing

1954 Reports say cigarettes cause cancer Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S. in Brown vs. the Board of Education. 54% of US homes have a tv

Reports say cigarettes cause cancer

Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S. in Brown vs. the Board of Education.

54% of US homes have a tv

1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus. USA Civil Rights Movement gains momentum Disneyland opens McDonald’s Corporation founded

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus. USA Civil Rights Movement gains momentum

Disneyland opens

McDonald’s Corporation founded

1956 TV remote control invented IBM creates the first hard disk drive Velcro introduced to the public The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable becomes operational

TV remote control invented

IBM creates the first hard disk drive

Velcro introduced to the public

The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable becomes operational

1957 Dr. Seuss publishes The Cat in the Hat Lasers developed

Dr. Seuss publishes The Cat in the Hat

Lasers developed

1958 Hula Hoop becomes popular Lego toy bricks introduced NASA founded Stereo LP records first sold

Hula Hoop becomes popular

Lego toy bricks introduced

NASA founded

Stereo LP records first sold

1959 Barbie dolls sold The microchip was invented Alaska and Hawaii join the USA. Motown records starts a new type of music.

Barbie dolls sold

The microchip was invented

Alaska and Hawaii join the USA.

Motown records starts a new type of music.

Girls’ clothes and hair…

Boys’ clothes and hair…

Televsion

James Dean

Elizabeth Taylor Grace Kelly Marilyn Monroe

Telephone Booth Cramming

Drive-In Movies

Jukebox

1950s Advertisements Tv remote control Camera with built in flash Lionel Trains Silly Putty Slinky Hair Curlers Tape Recorder

Tv remote control

Camera with built in flash

Lionel Trains

Silly Putty

Slinky

Hair Curlers

Tape Recorder

Televsion

The Ed Sullivan Show

I Love Lucy

The Honeymooners

Leave it to Beaver

Rock -n- Roll

American Bandstand Live from Philly

The Lone Ranger

Elvis Presley http://www.elvis.com/

Jerry Lee Lewis http://www.jerryleelewis.com/

Buddy Holly http://www.buddyhollyonline.com

The Everly Brothers http://www.everlybrothers.com/

Nat King Cole http://www.nat-king-cole.org/

Chuck Berry http://www.chuckberry.com/

Little Richard http://www.kolumbus.fi/timrei/lre.htm

Fats Domino http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm