Facts of the 50's

1950:

⦿ First Modern Credit Card Introduced.
⦿ First Organ Transplant.
⦿ Korean War Begins.
⦿ U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt.
⦿ U.S. President Harry Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb.

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. (What a shame)
⦿ The Great Smog of 1952. (Smog)[en.wikipedia.org]
⦿ Jacques Cousteau Discovers Ancient Greek Ship.

1953:

⦿ DNA First Discovered.
⦿ Playboy Magazine first introduced. (Thank Goodness)
⦿ Joseph Stalin Dies.
⦿ Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage.