1950s
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1950s was the decade that started on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
Events [change]
- 1953 – Edmund Hillary is the first man on Mount Everest.
- 1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends France's colonization of Vietnam and leads to division of Vietnam into North and South
- 1956 – Suez Crisis
- 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes the president of Cuba
- Korean War
- Sputnik
Important people [change]
- Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor
- Chuck Berry, American rock & roll musician
- Fidel Castro, president of Cuba
- James Dean, American actor
- Bo Diddley, American rock & roll musician
- Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the US 1953–1961
- George VI, British king until 1953
- Hirohito
- Alfred Hitchcock, writer
- Pope John XXIII, Pope from 1958
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India
- Pope Pius XII, Pope until 1958
- Elvis Presley, American singer
- Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR
- Harry S. Truman, President of the US until 1953
- Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Party of China