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1950 Champs: NFL - Cleveland Browns World Series - New York Yankees Stanley Cup - Detroit Red Wings |
1950 All About Eve Cinderella Father of the Bride |
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1952 Champs: NFL - Cleveland Browns World Series - New York Yankees Stanley Cup - Detroit Red Wings |
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Singin' in the Rain Monkey Business |
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1954 Champs: NFL - Cleveland Browns World Series - New York Giants Stanley Cup - Detroit Red Wings |
1954 On the Waterfront 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Sabrina |
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1956 Champs: NFL - New York Giants World Series - New York Yankees Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens |
1956 Around the World in 80 Days The King and I Forbidden Planet |
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1958 Champs: NFL - Baltimore Colts World Series - New York Yankees Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens |
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Vertigo Gigi |
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People |
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1950 All My Love - Patti Page Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole The Thing - The Ames Brothers |
1950 President - Harry Truman Vice President - Alben Barkley Born - Bill Murray, Stevie Winder, Cybil Shepard |
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1952 A Guy is a Guy - Doris Day Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs Here in My Heart - Al Martino |
1952 President - Harry Truman Vice President - Alben Barkley Born - Robin Williams, Dan Akroyd, Bob Costas |
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1954 Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes Sh-Boom - The Crew Cuts Hey There - Perry Como |
1952 President - Dwight Eisenhower Vice President - Richard 'Tricky-Dick' Nixon Born - John Travolta, Ron Howard, Kathleen Turner |
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1956 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley The Great Pretender - The Platters Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr |
1956 President - Dwight Eisenhower Vice President - Richard 'Tricky-Dick' Nixon Born - Mel Gibson, Carrie Fisher, Joe Montana |
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1958 Yakety Yak - The Coasters Tequila - The Champs The Witch Doctor - David Seville |
1958 President - Dwight Eisenhower Vice President - Richard 'Tricky-Dick' Nixon Born - Michael Jackson, Madonna, Sharon Stone |
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Cost of Living |
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credit cards introduced organ transplant color TV car seatbelts atomic submarine launched Disneyland opens TV remote control Velcro introduced |
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| 1950 - January 17. $3 million stolen in Boston Brinks job. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 - September 4. first transcontinental TV broadcast is made. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 - US begins testing H-bomb on remote Pacific Island of Enewetak. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 - March 5. Joseph Stalin dies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 - May 17. Brown v School Board of Topeka ends school segregation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - December 12. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her front row seat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 - September 9. first appearance of Elvis Presley on Ed Sullivan Show. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 - October 4. Russians launch the first satellite, Sputnik I. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 - January 31. first US satellite (Explorer I) orbits Earth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states in the US. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
