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| Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
The most important events
- 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
- 1956 - Suez Crisis
- 1959 - Fidel Castro becomes the president of Cuba
- Korean War
- Sputnik
Important people
- Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor
- Chuck Berry, American rock & roll musician
- James Dean, American actor
- Bo Diddley, American rock & roll musician
- Elizabeth II, British queen since 1953
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the USA since 1953
- George VI, British king until 1953
- Hirohito
- Alfred Hitchcock, writer
- Pope John XXIII, Pope since 1958
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India
- Pope Pius XII, Pope until 1958
- Elvis Presley, American singer
- Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR
- Harry S. Truman, President of the USA until 1953
- Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Party of China