In a previous musings, I tested your knowledge about top songs in the 1950s.  It seemed to be well received.  So with that thought in mind, I've created a second quiz regarding the 1950s.  This one has to do with news events, both nationally and world-wide.  If you grew up in the 1950s, it's a test to see if you were awake during class when the 1950s weren't taught but lived.  All answers range from 1950 to 1959.  Scroll down to see the answers.  If you like, post your score as a comment to this musing.

 

 

Event	Year
Darlington Raceway holds first NASCAR 500 mile race
Direct dial, coast-to-coast phone service begins
DJIA closes above 500 for the first time
Elizabeth II becomes Queen
Elvis Presley first appears on The Ed Sullivan Show
Fidel Castro overthows Fulgencio Batista
First issue of Playboy
First year for "Father Knows Best"
Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel
Frisbee first introduced
Hawaii is admitted as 50th state
Henry 'Hank" Aaron starts his MLB career
Peanuts comic strip first appears
President Dwight D Eisenhower's First Inauguration
President Eisenhower adds "under God" to the  Pledge of Allegiance
President Eisenhower sends fist advisers to Vietnam
Red Army troops invade Hungary
Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up bus seat
Russia launches Sputnik
Saint Lawrence Seaway opens
Salk polio vaccine introduced
Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs. the Board of Education
The film "The Day The Earth Stood Still" was released
The first IHOP restaurant opens in California
The movie "Showboat" opens
The Today Show premiers
US Army inducts Elvis Presley
US detonates its first hydrogen bomb
Walt Disney releases Cinderella
Winston Churchill wins Nobel Prize for literature

 

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Event	Year
Darlington Raceway holds first NASCAR 500 mile race	1950
Direct dial, coast-to-coast phone service begins	1951
DJIA closes above 500 for the first time	1956
Elizabeth II becomes Queen	1952
Elvis Presley first appears on The Ed Sullivan Show	1956
Fidel Castro overthows Fulgencio Batista	1959
First issue of Playboy	1953
First year for "Father Knows Best"	1954
Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel	1957
Frisbee first introduced	1957
Hawaii is admitted as 50th state	1959
Henry 'Hank" Aaron starts his MLB career	1954
Peanuts comic strip first appears	1950
President Dwight D Eisenhower's First Inauguration	1953
President Eisenhower adds "under God" to the  Pledge of Allegiance	1956
President Eisenhower sends fist advisers to Vietnam	1955
Red Army troops invade Hungary	1956
Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up bus seat	1955
Russia launches Sputnik	1957
Saint Lawrence Seaway opens	1959
Salk polio vaccine introduced	1955
Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs. the Board of Education	1954
The film "The Day The Earth Stood Still" was released	1951
The first IHOP restaurant opens in California	1958
The movie "Showboat" opens	1951
The Today Show premiers	1952
US Army inducts Elvis Presley	1958
US detonates its first hydrogen bomb	1952
Walt Disney releases Cinderella	1950
Winston Churchill wins Nobel Prize for literature	1953