Old News - a year in review

1953 History: Queen Elizabeth II, Stalin death, Korean War armistice, Rosenbergs' execution, DNA, Open-heart surgery, The Wild One, Marlon Brando, Playboy

1952 History: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Korean War , Ivy Mike H-bomb, Commercial Airliner, Ozzie and Harriet, Dragnet, The Old Man and the Sea, Rhythm and Blues, Mr. Potato Head, Hasbro, Emil Zatopek

1951 history 22nd Amendment, Korean War, General MacArthur, ANZUS Treaty, San Francisco Peace Treaty, Great Flood, HeLa Cells, Apgar Score, UNIVAC I, Nuclear power, I Love Lucy, The Catcher in the Rye, Joe DiMaggio, Pan American Games

1950 History: H-bomb, McCarthyism, South Korea invasion, Puerto Rico, Brown vs. Board of Education, Northwest Orient Flight 2501, Artificial Intelligence, C.S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Whiz Kids, Ben Hogan, Big Ten - MSU, Magic 8-Ball

1949 History: - NATO, - China/Taiwan, - Radiation regulations, - Truman's Four Point Plan, Fair Deal, - Sony, - Levittown NY, - George Orwell 1984, - Rhythm & Blues, - NBA, - Blue Jeans

1948 History: - Arab-Israeli War, Zionism, Palestinian Conflict, - Cold War, Berlin Blockade, - US Military Desegregation, - Native American voting, - Truman re-election, - Celsius, - Chicago Cardinals

1947 History: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, India Independence, Creation of Pakistan, Mahatma Gandhi, China Civil War, Everson v. Board of Education, Transistor, Polaroid, Microwave, Velcro, Computer Bug, Cortisone, Sound Barrier, Doomsday Clock, Roswell, UFOs, Red Scare, Dior's New Look

1946 History: United Nations, UNESCO, Nuremberg Trials, Baby Boom, Employment Act of 1946, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Atomic Energy Commission, Greece Civil War, Philippines Independence, ENIAC Computer, Microwave Oven, Chemotherapy, It's a Wonderful Life, NBA, Bikini

1945 history: Yalta Conference, FDR death, V-E Day, Manhattan Project, Atomic Bombs, V-J Day, Frank Sinatra, Foo Fighters