 A montage of notable events in the 1950s. Image by A derivative work by Lyndonbaines, from a variety of images credited above., via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Scrapper Blackwell1950s 1950s Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1950–1959) "'50s" and "Fifties" redirect here. For decades comprising years 50–59 of other centuries, see List of decades, centuries, and millennia. The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "'50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (August 2021) Centre, L-R: US tests its first [[thermonuclear bomb]] with code name ''[[Ivy Mike]]'' in 1952. A 1954 thermonuclear test, code named ''[[Castle Romeo]]''; In 1959, [[Fidel Castro]] overthrows [[Fulgencio Batista]] in the [[Cuban Revolution]], which results in the creation of the first and only… (Source: Wikipedia)
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