The document summarizes some of the major historical events that occurred in the 1950s. Some key developments included the introduction of the first credit card system in America, the polio vaccine being created, and segregation being ruled illegal in the US. Popular culture saw the rise of television, with over half of US homes owning a TV by 1954, and rock and roll music gaining popularity through artists like Elvis Presley.

2. Historical Events of the 1950s

13. Girls’ clothes and hair…

23. Boys’ clothes and hair…

26. Televsion

28. James Dean

29. Elizabeth Taylor Grace Kelly Marilyn Monroe

33. Telephone Booth Cramming

34. Drive-In Movies

35. Jukebox

39. Televsion

40. The Ed Sullivan Show

41. I Love Lucy

42. The Honeymooners

43. Leave it to Beaver

44. Rock -n- Roll

45. American Bandstand Live from Philly

46. The Lone Ranger

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

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

49. Buddy Holly http://www.buddyhollyonline.com

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

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

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

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

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