Events during 1950s?

I'm Writing a Oral History Report and my decade is over the 1950s. Could you give me some world events (or US events), or things thatwere popular during this time period? Preferably things from the later 1950s.


Thanks!!

Events during 1950s?
the cold war (between capitalist democracies and socialist communist nations) was raging, the Korean war was raging, rock and roll was born in the US, the civil rights movement was beginning in the US south in response to segregation, mccarthyism was getting people blacklisted in hollywood, and teh US was experiencing great industrialization and economic growth. there's a start. good luck.
Reply:Elvis Presley


Dwight Eisenhower


Korean War


Jackie Robinson


escalation of the Cold War with the Soviet Union
Reply:the london fogs that killed more than 10 000 and were kept quiet as it was the cold war





the iron curtain from the soviet union





the soviet union entering the nuclear arms race





the korean war
Reply:1959 - Castro takes over Cuba, Dali Lama escapes to India,Alaska and Hawaii become States.


1958- Khrushcaev becomes Premier of Russia., Charles deGaulle becomes leader of France, Eurpoean Economic Community is established as "The Common Market"


1957- Russia sends the first "Sputnik" satalite into orbit. President Eusenhower had to send troops into Little Rock Arkansas to proyect the black students starting classes.
Reply:The doctrine of mutual assured destruction, an executive order, came to be. Scary to think about.


USSR invaded the Checs and the US stood by and did nothing.


Vietnam was separated into two different countries. North and South Vietnam


USSR lunched Sputnik, the world's first man made satellite


1958 The World Geophysical Year


Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech.
Reply:Civils rights activism in the US, there are some significant events in civil rights movement.





1954 muder of Emmet Till sparks a mass movement on civils rights.





1956/58? Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of a bus, starting the Montgomery bus boycott by blacks.
Reply:*1957


Eisenhower Doctrine calls for aid to Mideast countries which resist armed aggression from Communist-controlled nations (Jan. 5). The “Little Rock Nine” integrate Arkansas high school. Eisenhower sends troops to quell mob and protect school integration (Sept. 24). Russians launch Sputnik I, first Earth-orbiting satellite—the Space Age begins (Oct. 4).





*1959


Cuban President Batista resigns and flees—Castro takes over (Jan. 1). Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31). St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25). Alaska and Hawaii become states. Leakeys discover hominid fossils.





*1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.





*Things that were Popular


Hula Hoops


Coon Skin Hats


3-D Movies


Poodles


The Color Pink


Barbie Dolls


Drive In Movies


Leather Jackets


Poodle Skirts


Saddle Shoes


Silly Putty
Reply:Some information that may be helpful to you for your report would be things like the Korean War which lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, The Suez Crisis and the civil rights issue just to name a few issues in history at the time. For things that were popular in this era as for as music were people like Elivs Presley, and June Carter. As for as music, and television you had shows like I Love Lucy, and The Twilight Zone which were extremely popular in the day. In literature there was Lord of The Flies, and The Catcher In The Rye. In science some of the greatest contributions were made especially when Jonas Salk invented the first polio vaccine in 1955, and the first organ transplants were done in Boston, and Paris in 1954. In technology, Russia launched its first artificial satellite called Sputnik1 in 1957.