War in Korea.
Confirmation of Hydrogen Bomb Programme by President Truman.
Credit card system introduced in America.
Mass production of computers began.
First organ transplant takes place.
The world population numbers 2.52 billion. (World population now estimated at 6,442,515,501 (CIA))
USA average annual salary $2992 - when
1951
Rock and roll and colour TV starts in USA.
A new beauty competition: Miss World.
The still camera is given a built in flash.
USA population was 154,877,889, by May 2005 it was estimated at 295,376,287.
1952
New USA president Dwight Eisenhower elected.
Salk polio vaccine used to save humans from poliomyelitis infection.
1953
Mount Everest conquered by Hillary and Tensing.
DNA the secret of life discovered by James Watson and Frances Crick.
McCarthy witch hunt hearings took place in USA.
A new regime took over in Russia when Stalin died.
Dupont began commercial production of Dacron at a plant in North Carolina, to produce Dacron (polyester)
1954
US segregation made illegal in USA.
54% of American homes had television sets.
1955
In the USA the civil rights campaign got underway.
Warsaw Pact agreement signed.
In England, the felt-tip pen was introduced.
Tests begin on fibre optics for future mass digital communication.
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" rocks the world.
Film idol of teenagers James Dean dies in a car accident.
60% of Americans were in the "middle class," having incomes between $3,000 and $10,000 per year.
1956
The Suez Crisis. The Suez Canal was nationalized and control taken from Britain and France.
Elvis Presley became an international, world acclaimed star with Love Me Tender film.
IBM created the first hard disk drive.
Prince Rainier III of Monaco married film star Grace Kelly.
Velcro fastening introduced to public.
1957
Sputnik 1 the first satellite to orbit the earth launched into space by the Russians. The space age becomes a reality.
Christian Dior dies.
Givenchy launched famous sack line a forerunner of 60's shifts.
Lasers developed.
1958
De Gaulle became President of France.
NASA Founded.
Stereo LP records first sold.
Experiments first began in a desire to create the modem.
USA annual family income reaches $5000.
Berlin Airlift.
1959
Castro took power in Cuba and became the new Dictator.
Barbie dolls invented for children.
The microchip was invented, making way for future home computers.
Alaska and Hawaii join the USA and become states of North America.
USA population reaches 177,829,628.
Motown Records start up setting new styles of music in the sixties.
1960
Almost 60% of American families owned their own homes.
By the end of the fifties most American households owned their own car and washing machine.
Approximately 90% of Americans owned at least one television set.
World Population in 1960 grown to 3 billion.
CIA estimated World population in 2005 at over 6 billion at 6,442,515,501
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