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The Myth of the 1950s (2008) excerpt and text search; Marling, Karal Ann. As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s (Harvard University Press, 1996) 328 pp. Miller, Douglas T. and Marion Nowak. The fifties: the way we really were (1977) Stoner, John C., and Alice L. George. Social History of the United States: The 1950s (2008)
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 October 2024. This article is about the year 1950. For the song by King Princess, see 1950 (song). 1950 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top left: A Convair B-36 Peacemaker from the 7th Bombardment Wing crashed in northwestern British ...
A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities Robert Roswell Palmer in 1950. The work has since been extended by Joel Colton (from its second edition, 1956) [1] and Lloyd S. Kramer (from its ninth edition, 2001), [2] and currently counts 12 editions.
At a May Day rally in South Africa to protest apartheid, police fired into a crowd of black demonstrators at Johannesburg, killing 19 people and injuring 38. [1]The town of Mosinee, Wisconsin, was the site of a mock Communist takeover, staged by the local American Legion outpost to illustrate what life under Soviet conquest might be like.
The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 0, to win their 13th World Series Title. October 11 – The Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS ( RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).
5. Every Women's History Month has a theme. The Women's History Month theme for 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.” This year the National Women's ...
Communist hegemony covered one third of the world's land while the United States emerged as the world's more influential superpower, and formed a worldwide network of military alliances. [ 7 ] There were fundamental contrasts between the visions of the United States and the Soviet Union, between capitalist democracy and totalitarian communism.