Timeline of Events
1950’s
Amy Uecker
FCSE 411
Prices in the 1950’s
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25 cents a gallon of gas
15 cents for a McDonald’s hamburger
5 cents for a postage stamp
5 cents for a Coke
12 cents for a loaf of bread
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50sfood.html
Inventions/Technology
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1951
1952
1958
Credit Cards
Video Tape Recorder (VTR)
Car Seat Belts
The first U.S. satellite,
successfully orbit the earth
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
Historical Events
• 1950 Korean War began 1953 Korean
War ended
• 1954 Racial segregation is ruled
unconstitutional in public schools
• 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her
seat
• 1957 Little Rock Nine
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
Medical Advances
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Some causes of cancer identified
Discovery of DNA
Vaccine for polio
Ultrasound for pregnant women
http://ktbotanicals.wordpress.com
Inventions/ Technology
1950 Credit Cards
• McNamara invented a
credit card that could be
used at more than one
place. This card was
intended to pay
restaurant bills.
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/credit_cards.htm
1951 Video Tape
Recorder (VTR)
• Charles Ginsburg
developed the first
practical videotape
recorder (VTR). The first
video tape recorder
captured live images from
television cameras by
converting the information
into electrical impulses
and saving the
information onto magnetic
tape.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm
1952 Car Seat Belts
• Bohlin invented the
three-point seat belt.
This wasn’t the first
but it was the modern
seatbelt. Nils Bohlin's
lap-and-shoulder belt
was introduced by
Volvo in 1959.
•http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_seat_belts.htm
1958 The first U.S.
satellite
• A 184 pound satellite
was launched by the
Russians. They
named it Sputnik 1.
The satellite sent
back radio signals
and eventually helped
with communication.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsatellite.htm
Historical Events
1950-1953 Korean
War
1954 Racial segregation
was ruled
unconstitutional
• North Korean forces
invaded South Korea.
U.S. President
Truman authorized
the use of American
land, sea, and air
forces in Korea. Many
families were effected
and lives were lost
because of this war.
• The Supreme Court
rules on the case of
Brown vs. Board of
Education of Topeka,
Kansas and
agreeing that
segregation in public
schools was
unconstitutional.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/korean+war
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
1955 Rosa Parks
1957 Little Rock nine
• Rosa Parks refused to
give up her seat to a
white stranger at the front
of the "colored section" of
a bus. She was arrested
and the black community
launched a bus boycott
which lasted for more
than a year. The buses
were then desegregated
in 1956.
• Nine black students were
blocked from entering an
all-white school on the
orders of the Governor.
President Eisenhower
sent federal troops and
the National Guard to get
involved on behalf of the
students, who become
known as the "Little Rock
Nine."
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Medical Advances
1950 Some Causes for
Cancer Identified
• Research linked
smoking to lung
cancer and other
external factors were
also identified. Such
as excess sunlight
potentially causing
skin cancer.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medical_changes_from_1945.htm
1953 Discovery of
DNA
• Watson and Crick
discovered the double
helix structure of.
DNA's discovery has
been called the most
important biological
work of the last 100
years. DNA is the
substance that makes
life.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53dn.html
1955 Vaccine for polio
1957 Ultrasound for
pregnant women
• Dr. Jonas Salk was
the first to develop a
successful vaccine
using a mixture of the
three types of viruses.
He developed a
process using a
chemical that
inactivated the whole
virus.
• The ultrasound was
invented by an
English physician
named Ian Donald.
The ultrasound was
used one year later
on a pregnant
woman.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/polio.php
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blultrasound.htm
Resources
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About.com, (2009). The History of Video Recorders. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from
About.com Web site: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm
About.com, (2009). Who Invented Credit Cards. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from
About.com Web site
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/credit_cards.htm
About.com, (2009). History of Seat Belts . Retrieved September 21, 2009, from About.com
Web site: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_seat_belts.htm
About.com, (2009). History of Satellites. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from About.com
Web site: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsatellite.htm
About.com, (2009). Ultrasound. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from About.com Web site:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blultrasound.htm
Burnner, Borgna and Elissa Haney. (2007). Civil Rights Movement Timeline. Retrieved
September 21, 2009, from Information Please Database Web site:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, (2007). Korean War . Retrieved September 21,
2009, from Infoplease.com Web site:
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/korean+war
History Learning Site, (2009). Medical Changes from 1945. Retrieved September 21, 2009,
from historylearningsite.co.uk Web site:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medical_changes_from_1945.htm
Okonek, Bonnie A. M. (2009). Development of Polio Vaccines. Retrieved September 21,
2009, from Access Excellence Classic Collection Web site:
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/polio.php
Public Broadcasting System, (1998). The Science Odyessey. Retrieved September 21,
2009, from Pbs.org Web site:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53dn.html