what was going on in the world in the 50's?

Answer 1

First and foremost, I was born!

1950

President Truman approved the production of the hydrogen bomb

North Korean forces invaded South Korea, precipitating war

Assassination attempt against Truman, by Puerto Rican nationalists, fails.
1951

Rosenbergs found guilty of espionage, and later (1953) executed

General Douglas McArthur fired for insubordination

Transcontinental TV arrives in United States.
1952

Last racial and ethnic barriers to immigration to U.S. removed

First hydrogen bomb test, at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific

China begins forced collectivization.
1953

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies

Dwight Eisenhower becomes U.S. President

Korean War ends in truce.
1954

Nautilus, first atomic-powered sub, launched

Landmark Supreme Court decision bans school segregation

Senator Joseph McCarthy's televised hearings into alleged Communist influence in the army backfire, and he is condemned by Senate.
1955

U.S. agreed to train South Vietnamese army

Refusal of Rosa Parks to move to the back of a bus leads to Montgomery bus boycott

Rise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence

The author of these lines and future Mountain Times Managing Editor (James Thompson) born
1956

101 Southern congressman (including all of North Carolina's) call for massive resistance to desegregation

Work on U.S. interstate highway system begins

First transatlantic telephone cable goes into service

Soviets crush freedom fighters in Hungary.
1957

Eisenhower uses federal troops to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas

Soviet satellite Sputnik circles Earth.
1958

Explorer I, first U.S. satellite, launched

First domestic jet airline service starts between New York and Miami

Mao Tse Tung starts "Great Leap Forward" in China.
1959

Alaska and Hawaii admitted as the 49th and 50th states in the United States of America

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev toured the U.S.

Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba.

Answer 2

Just to add-on.....

One of the largest labor unions was formed AFL-CIO
w. 15 million members

vaccine for polio was developed by Jonas Salk
Explorer I first US satalite orbits earth

First domestic jet flight (National Airlines) from New York---Miami

Alaska/Hawaii are the 49th/and 50th state

Answer 3

You really need to use your search engine for this one. There was so much going on -- and much of it was such fun! Fashions were crazy, music and dance were wonderful, and the world was a happy place to be.

Answer 4

the baby boomers were being born
Tv was in its infancy
prosperity , home building was booming
everyone wanted "new" things- cars, furniture, appliances

Answer 5

Korean war, and the birth of ROCK & ROLL !!!

ELVIS !