Views by Decade: 1950s (page 1)

1950-1959:

One Solution to the Parking Problem on Campus

25 June 1950	- Korean war begins
6 September 1952	- Canada's first TV station begins transmitting
2 June 1953	- coronation of Elizabeth II
27 July 1953	- Korean war ends
10 June 1957	- J.G. Diefenbaker wins minority government
1959	- microchip invented

Books:	J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye; Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Sheila Watson, The Double Hook
Movies:	"All About Eve;" "On the Waterfront;" "Ben-Hur."
Music:	"Rocket 88," considered the first rock and roll record, is released; soul music is invented.

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