The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "'50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January...
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For music from a year in the 1950s, go to 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 This article includes an overview of the major events and trends...
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The decade of the 1950s in film involved many significant films. Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television...
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Afrikan tähti (1951) Yahtzee (1954) Tactics (1954) Careers (1955) Jotto (1955) Perquackey (1955) Risk (1957, in French as La Conquête du Monde) Gettysburg...
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In the Western world, the 1950s were a decade known for experimentation with new styles and culture. Following World War II and the austerity years of...
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The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1950s. Theodor Adorno's The Authoritarian Personality is published. George Homans's The Human...
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Rock music (redirect from 1950s rock and roll)
originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly...
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1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from...
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The 1950s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria. General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party: Valko Chervenkov (1949–1954) Todor Zhivkov (1954–1989)...
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predominantly black bebop musicians, and it dominated jazz in the first half of the 1950s. The starting point were a series of singles on Capitol Records in 1949...
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