The Fabulous Fifties was a decade between 1950 thru 1959. This period of time saw great changes not only in America but throughout the whole world. There were times of sadness and times of joy which saw a treaty signed for one war, World War II, but the beginning of another, Korean. New technologies were developed which enhanced the American way of life to a new level creating energy never before experienced. This resulted in a baby boom and a mixture of happiness and self-doubt within the newly revolved 50s Happy Days culture of America. [1]

Senator Joseph McCarthy: Republican senator from Wisconsin who believed there were many communist within the United States, this could not be proven at that time and he was censored by congress. [1]

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: They were convicted of passing nuclear weapon secret information to the Communist and executed for Espionage. [2]

Jonas Salk: Salk discovered Polio Vaccine [3]

Grace Kelly & Prince Rainier III of Monaco: A United States actress marries the prince of Monaco. [4]

James Dean: A young actor who became a cultural icon in the film Rebel Without A Cause died at the age of 24 in a car crash. [5]

Rosa Parks: A 42 year old black woman who on 12/01/1955 in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person despite an order from the bus driver James Blake. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The U.S. Congress later referred to her as the Mother of Modern-Day Civil Rights Movements [6]

Norman Vincent Peale: Protestant minister and writer of Power Of Postive Thinking. [7]

Elvis Presley: A singer who got his start in 1954 and was deemed the King Of Rock and Roll. He has been inducted into 4 Musical Halls Of Fame [8]

Korean War 1950-1953

Suez Crisis 1956

1950 President Truman orders construction of Hydrogen Bomb [1]

1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy begin Communist Witch Hunt [2]

1951 Security Peace Treaty signed with Japan [3]

1952 Great Britan's Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen at 25 years old. [4]

1953 Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin dies [5]

1954 Segregation ruled illegal in the United States. [6]]

1955 Warsaw Pact signed. This was a military treaty signed by the countries of: Albania, Builgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union to help each other if they were the target of foreign agrression. <rerf> [7] </ref>

1957 Soviet satellite Sputnik launches. [8]

1958 NASA founded as the National Aeronautics & Space Administration for the United States [9]

1959 Fidel Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba. [10]

1950: The first modern Credit Card was introduced. [1]

1950: The first Peanuts Cartoon Strip published. [2]

1951: The first Color TV was introduced. [3]

1952: Car Seat Belts introduced. [4]

1952: Polio Vaccine discovered by Jonas Salk. [5]

1953: DNA was discovered. [6]

1955: The McDonald Hamburger was created with a corporation being formed. [7]

1956: The TV Remote was invented. [8]

1956: Velcro was introduced [9]

1958: Lego Toy Bricks were introduced. [10]

1958 Peace Symbol was created. [11]