1951
•Color TV Introduced
•South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race
•Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII

1952
•Car Seat Belts Introduced
•Polio Vaccine Created
•Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25

1953
•DNA Discovered
•Joseph Stalin Dies

1954
•Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman
•First Atomic Submarine Launched
•Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
•Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
•Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.


1955
•Disneyland Opens
•James Dean Dies in Car Accident
•McDonald's Corporation Founded
•Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus

1956
•T.V. Remote Control Invented
•Velcro Introduced

1957
•Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches Space Age
•Laika Becomes the First Living Animal to Enter Orbit

1958
•Hula Hoops Become Popular
•LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced
•NASA Founded
•Peace Symbol Created

1959
•The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway

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