1950s

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Events and Trends

Bruce Heezen discovers the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Korean War
Polio Vaccine
Sputnik
Brylcreem[?] and other hair tonics have a period of popularity
Television replaces radio as the dominant mass medium in industrialized countries.
In West, generation traumatized by Great Depression and World War II creates culture with emphasis on normality and calm conformity
"Economic miracle" in West Germany.
Red Scare, McCarthy Hearings
Hydrogen Bomb
Wartime Rationing ends in the United Kingdom
Suez Crisis
European Common Market founded.
Warsaw pact founded.
Anti-Communist[?] uprising in Hungary brutally surpressed.
Fidel Castro gains power in Cuba.
Juvenile Deliquency said to be at unprecedented epidemic proportions in USA
Traditional pop music reaches its climax; early Rock and roll music embraced by teenagers/youth culture while generally dismissed or condemned by older generation.
Beatnik culture/ The Beat Generation
Optimistic visions of semi-Utopian technological future including such devices as the flying car.
The Day the Earth Stood Still hits movie theaters.
Along with the appearance of the sentence Kilroy was here[?] across the United States, graffiti as an art form develops, especially among urban African Americans; graffiti art eventually becomes one of the four elements of hip hop

World Leaders

Chairman Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China)
President Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt)
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (India)
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Israel)
Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
Pope Pius XII
Pope John XXIII
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet Union)
King George VI (United Kingdom)
Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (United Kingdom)
President Harry S. Truman (United States)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (United States)
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (West Germany)

Entertainers

See also: List of rock and roll albums in the 1950s

		1950s
		Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and Trends Bruce Heezen discovers the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Korean War Polio Vaccine Sputnik Brylcreem[?] and other hair tonics have a period of popularity Television replaces radio as the dominant mass medium in industrialized countries. In West, generation traumatized by Great Depression and World War II creates culture with emphasis on normality and calm conformity "Economic miracle" in West Germany. Red Scare, McCarthy Hearings Hydrogen Bomb Wartime Rationing ends in the United Kingdom Suez Crisis European Common Market founded. Warsaw pact founded. Anti-Communist[?] uprising in Hungary brutally surpressed. Fidel Castro gains power in Cuba. Juvenile Deliquency said to be at unprecedented epidemic proportions in USA Traditional pop music reaches its climax; early Rock and roll music embraced by teenagers/youth culture while generally dismissed or condemned by older generation. Beatnik culture/ The Beat Generation Optimistic visions of semi-Utopian technological future including such devices as the flying car. The Day the Earth Stood Still hits movie theaters. Along with the appearance of the sentence Kilroy was here[?] across the United States, graffiti as an art form develops, especially among urban African Americans; graffiti art eventually becomes one of the four elements of hip hop World Leaders Chairman Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China) President Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (India) Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Israel) Emperor Hirohito (Japan) Pope Pius XII Pope John XXIII Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union) Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet Union) King George VI (United Kingdom) Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden (United Kingdom) Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (United Kingdom) President Harry S. Truman (United States) President Dwight D. Eisenhower (United States) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (West Germany) Entertainers Abbott and Costello Chuck Berry Marlon Brando Jimmy Dean Ava Gardner Audrey Hepburn Alfred Hitchcock Buddy Holly Jerry Lewis Dean Martin Groucho Marx Marilyn Monroe Paul Newman Elvis Presley Little Richard James Stewart Elizabeth Taylor John Wayne See also: List of rock and roll albums in the 1950s
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