1950s

The 1950s began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. It is distinct from the decade known as the 196th decade which began on January 1, 1951 and ended on December 31, 1960.

Events

• 1950–1953 Korean War.

1952 Death of King George VI

• 1953 – Structure of DNA published by James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.
• 1953 – Edmund Hillary is the first man on Mount Everest.
• 1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends France's colonization of Vietnam and leads to division of Vietnam into North and South.
• 1955 - Start of the Vietnam War
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956
• 1956 – Suez Crisis
• 1958 – Treaty of Rome
• 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes the Prime Minister of Cuba.
• 1957 – Sputnik launched.

Important people