THE 1950'S

1950- WAR IN KORA, CREDIT CARD SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA, WORLD POPULATION NUMBERS 2.52 BILLION, FIRST ORGAN TRANSPLANT, AVERAGE SALLERY $2,992

1951-ROCK AND ROLL COLOR TV INTRODUCED IN US, A NEW BEAUTY COMPETITION TILTELED, "MISS WORLD", THE STILL CAMERAS HAD A BUILT IN FLASH, USA POPULATION WAS 50,290,OOO

1952- FOOD RATIONING ENDED, SALK POLIO VACCANE SAVED PEOPLE FROM POLIOMYELITIS

1953- HILIARY AND TENSING CONCURED MT. EVEREST, MCARTHY WITCH HUNT, DUPONT BEGAN COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF DACRON AT A PLANT IN NORTH CAROLINA TO PRODUCE POLYESTER.

1954- 54% OF AMERICANS HAD TELEVISION, THE FOUR MIN. MILE WAS BROKEN, COCO CHANEL REOPENED HER CLOTHING LINE.

1955-THE USA CIVIL RIGHTS GOT UNDERWAY, 60% IF AMERICANS BECAME "MIDDLE CLASS", JAMES DEAN PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

1956- EVLIS PRESLEY BECAME INTERNATIONAL WITH HIS MOVIE LOVE ME TENDER, VELCRO WAS INTORDUCED TO THE PUBLIC, IBM CREATED THE FIRST HARD DISC DRIVE.

1957- CHRISTIAN DIOR PASSES, LAZERS WERE INVENTED, SPACE BECOMES A REALITY.

1958- NASA WAS FOUNDED, STERO LP WAS FIRST SOLD, PARIS FASION INVENTED SHORTER SKIRTS ABOVE THE KNEE, US FAMILY INCOME WAS $5000 DOLLARS, THE TRAPEEZE WAS INTRODUCED.

1959- BARBIE DOLLS WERE INVENTED, ALASKA AND HAWAII JOINED THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME SERGONS.

CELEBRITIES-

• MARLYN MONROE
• JAMES DEAN
• KATHRINE HEPBURN
• DICK CLARK
• ELVIS PRESLEY

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XOXO,

LINDSEY