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| * ] said to be at unpresidented epidemic proportions in ] | |||
| * ] reaches its climax; early ] music embraced by teenagers/youth culture while generally dismissed or condemned by older generation. | |||
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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Events and Trends
- Korean War
- Polio Vaccine
- Sputnik
- Television replaces radio as the dominant mass media in industrialized countries.
- In West, generation traunitized by Great Depression and World War II creates culture with emphasis on normality and calm conformity
- Red Scare, Mc Carthy Hearings
- Juvinile Deliquency said to be at unpresidented epidemic proportions in USA
- Traditional pop music reaches its climax; early Rock and roll music embraced by teenagers/youth culture while generally dismissed or condemned by older generation.
- Optimistic visions of semi-Utopian technological future including such devices as the flying car.