Institutions
- Hebrew Civilization began with their migration under the leadership of Abraham to Palestine
Governance
- Sumer was overrun by two new groups of Semitic nomads, the Amorites and Elamites
- Age of the Patriarchs
- The Amorite or Old Babylonian Era
- A sudden urbanization of Crete
Commerce
- Heqanakht papyri
Technology
- Babylonians solve quadratic equations.
- Bronze Age
- Akhmim Wooden Tablet
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/lecture_ancient_civ.htm
1950 AD
Institutions
- National Council of Churches formed
- European Economic Community (Common Market) formed
- First Dunkin' Donuts was opened
- Independent Workers' Party of Germany and Deutsche Reichspartei founded
- Institute of Biology founded
- NASA Founded
- Korean War begins when Communist North Korea invades the South
- Congress passes laws that restrict communists and communist parties in the U.S.
- Communist Chinese forces occupy Tibet
- USSR and China sign a Thirty Year Pact
- Peace Treaty between Japan and Allies
- U.S. Supreme Court unanimously bans racial segregation in public schools
- Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany
- Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt
- Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
Commerce
- Truman announces national emergency due to economic strain from Korean War
- The Schuman Plan proposed
- The Korean War brings a boom to the Japanese economy, lifting it out of recession
- The Revenue Act passed by Congress increases income and corporation taxes
Technology
- Antihistamines become popular as cold relief medications
- New York's Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens
- Color TV Introduced
- US Airforce Orders B- 52 Bomber
- First Electronic Computer
- Hydrogen bomb invented
- First atomic submarine Nautilus launched
- Dr. Jonas Salk starts inoculating children against polio
- James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the molecular model of DNA and its structure
- First Organ Transplant
- First Atomic Submarine Launched
Other Facts
- Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists
- Flying Saucer Working Party was founded
- Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest
- Disneyland Opens
http://www.babyboomers.com/years/1950.htm
http://www.historycentral.com/dates/1950.html#Anchor-announced-49575
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0005250.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950
http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1950.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/1950
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