A TIMELINE of FUN FACTS,FADS

& FABULOUS
FIRSTS of the FIFTIES.
A house costs $14,500

In 1950
The average income is $3,200
Ford Automobiles sell for
$1,350 - $2,300
A gallon of gas is 20 cents
A postage stamp is three cents
1950
First modern credit card introduced.
The Diners Club Card
The First Peanuts Cartoon Strip Appears.
1951
I love Lucy Premieres on Television.
The first color television sets are sold.
Cleveland Disc Jockey, Alan Freed
coins the phrase Rock and Roll.
JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
is published.
1952
3D Movies Introduced.
MAD Magazine Introduced.
TELEPHONE AREA CODES
FIRST INTRODUCED.
Charlottes Web Published
Dick Clark Hosts 1
st

American Band Stand Show
1953
First TV Guide Published
Playboy Magazine is Published
1954
The Supreme Court rules school segregation
Unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Ed.

Army-McCarthy Hearings Held
1955
Disneyland Opens.
The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on TV.
Dr. Jonas Salk introduces first polio vaccine.
First Guinness Book of Worlds Records
Published
Bill Haleys Rock Around the Clock
Released
James Dean stars in
Rebel Without
A Cause
1956
Elvis Presley Appears on the
Ed Sullivan Show.
Federal Highway Act Passed
TV Remote Control Invented
1957
Dr. Seuss's Cat In The Hat published
School Integration battle flares at
Central High School in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
1958
The Hula Hoop introduced.
NASA Founded
Number of Drive-In Movie
Theatres Peaks at 5,000.
1959
The Barbie Doll is introduced.
The Grammy Awards Debut
Alaska and Hawaii become states.