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Roger Bannister becomes the first recorded man to run a mile in under four minutes. The McDonald's chain of restaurants is started by Ray Kroc. Albert Sabin creates the oral polio vaccine to replace the Salk vaccine.

The "Baby Boom" peaks during this year. Malaysia and Ghana gain independence from the United Kingdom. Bobby Fischer, a fourteen-year-old boy, wins the U. Chess Championship. The popular children's toy the Hula-Hoop is created by Wham-O. The Great Chinese Famine begins. Alaska and Hawaii are admitted as the 49th and 50th states in the U.

Glenn, Jr. The St. Lawrence Seaway is completed. Other Major Events From The 50's The 50's were the time when the shape of the political landscape in the world could be clearly defined between the Soviet dominated East and the capitalist West.

The Suez Crisis in begins on July 26th as the supply of oil is blocked through the Suez Canal Like Germany in Europe Japan saw massive economic growth by supplying the goods needed for the consumer-led society in both Europe and the United States. Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain dominate the game winning 8 out of 10 MVP trophy's from to Association Football Soccer Following the end of World War II the game takes center stage in with the first world cup since held in Brazil where Uruguay won the world cup again.

Attendance at British soccer matches Skyrocket with 30 million going to stadiums around the UK. Popular Culture s Popular Culture in the 50's can be captured in just a few words which speak volumes. So, I was naturally drawn to this article, but I started to wonder after your first few mentions. Oye, did you guys have some serious things to worry about or what? I guess I don't take those kinds of things into account when I think back to these times. My parents forced me to grow up on records and 8-tracks and I will say that music has never been the same!

How cool is that? Davy Crockett and the Mickey Mouse Club, ahh, those were the days! This was great adventure! Thanks for reading and commenting on this 50s hub. I'm very happy you liked it.

Even today I can still remember the words to the Davy Crocket song. As a kid I was still singing Davy Crocket in the sixties. And of course Elvis was just as big a star. Voted up and interesting. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my 50s hub. I remember seeing films in school about the bad Communist red scare and how the Communist tentacles were encircling America. Thanks for the vote. Hi Paul, thanks for the trip down memory lane this morning. I certainly remember those things you mentioned in your Hub.

It was a happy time for me, even though I was afraid Russia would kill us all. I still had an old Poodle skirt until a couple of years ago when I finally threw it out. It was quite rotten by that time. I had saddle oxfords to wear with that skirt, too. Thanks for stopping by and reading about my memories of the 50s. It seems like only yesterday. I also remember boys in my eight grade class with ducktail haircuts.

I'm glad you liked the hub and thanks for the votes. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! The '50's were a fun time to grow up, and I clearly remember air raid drills, the Mickey Mouse Club, Elvis's debut and most of the other things you mentioned.

I don't remember ever taking a goiter pill. It was a huge deal when the Salk vaccine was made available, and it was given to us on a sugar cube. Every girl wanted a poodle skirt, but they came down well below the knees in the style of the time. Great hub! Voted up! Thanks for stopping by and reading my hub about the 50s. Those days seem just like yesterday whenever I recollect them.

I appreciate your comments and especially the sharing of this hub. Hi Paul, yes I remember a few as I'm maybe a few years junior to you. Interestingly, childhood memories are so pleasant and tend to stick on in memories.

Thanks for stopping by and your great comments. I think you are right in saying that kids today don't seem to have the real world interaction with their friends that kids had years ago. In those days kids were kids. There was a lot of freedom, a lot of unregulated play. You'd ride your bike, with No helmet or pads, and skate, and run up and down and create your own games.

Now the phone booth one is funny. What is the equivalent of that today with smart phones? Maybe everyone can see how many people and their smart phones can hide in a closet? It just seems like in some ways kids could have more zany fun back in the old days. Now people just text each other, and kids do not seem to have as much real world interaction with their friends.

I'm glad you enjoyed my hub. Thank you very much for the comments, and hopefully I'll write another hub about the 50s in the future. I just published a short hub on the fifties and even used some of the same pix as you! Loved those days, and enjoyed this hub immensely. You reminded me of many things I had forgotten about.

Thanks for bringing back all those wonderful memories. My best highlights here are the Mickey Mouse Club, Elvis and those poodle skirts my sisters used to wear. I do remember those drills and the sirens were quite scary. Silky scarves in all colors that tied around our necks to go with the poodle skirts and can-cans to wear underneath the skirt. Hair curlers we put a scarf around the curls and even wore them to town.

Enjoyed your hub. Voted Up. Hi I loved your memories of the fifties, I was born in so I just missed it all, but when I see them on tv I often wish I had experienced it, it was so innocent in those days, and people knew how to have fun. The part about the goiter was interesting, as I have a thyroid problem, and I must admit I had never heard of the tablets being taken in schools, cheers nell.

Thank you for reading and the nice comment. It's interesting to read how London was in those days. Though it was too early in my childhood, I was born in the 50's, I do recall a lot of these things still happening up into the 60's. As far as the dances are concerned we had our token sock hops that were outdated by then but they will always be fondly remembered.

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For example, when rock and roll debuted in the late nineteen sixties it caused conservative Americans belonging to the fifties to believe the new music of the generation was causing internal decadence.

When looking back today, these cultures are characterised by the most notable differences between decades in fashion, entertainment, architecture, technology, sport and more. It seemed as though in the twenty year period that expanded both these decades, everyone began to take things a little less seriously, an effect that led current pop culture to where it is now.

Author Unknown, Random House Inc. Whilst the country was living in the shadow of The Cold War, the end of The Fifties gave them the opportunity to develop a great sense of national pride. Technological revolution transformed peoples homes, the way people worked and the time they spent in leisure; especially as many had to return to the happenings of everyday civilian life. They were no longer leading their lives as military people, and this showed greatly in this era. The post war time had scared many people and it was.

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