{{expand}} {{decadebox| cpa=19 | cpb=th century| c=20th_century | cn1=21st_century | BC?= | dp3=1920s | dp2=1930s | dp1=1940s | d=1950s | da=5 | dn1=1960s | dn2=1970s | dn3=1980s | }} The '''1950s''' was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. Some Americans propose a long "Fifties period" going from the end of World_War_II in 1945 to the Kennedy assassination of November 22, 1963. == Economy == === Rebirth of Europe === Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West_Germany and Italy. Additionally, wartime rationing ended in the United_Kingdom. === Ascendency of the United States === The 1950s in the United_States_of_America were marked with a sharp rise in the Economy for the first time in almost 30 years, and a return to the 1920s-type Consumer Society built on Credit and boom-times, as well as the Baby_boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlier decades like Women's_rights, Civil_rights, and Imperialism were relatively suppressed or neglected during this time as a world returning from the brink hoped to see a more consistent way of life as opposed to the Liberalism and Radicalism of the 1930s and 1940s. The effect of suppressing social problems in the 1950s would have a significant impact on the rest of the twentieth century. == Social and political movements == ===Trends=== In the West, the generation traumatized by the Great_Depression and World_War_II created a culture with emphasis on normality and conformity. ===Korean War=== The Korean_War, lasting from June_25, 1950 until a Cease-fire on July_27 1953 (the War had not officially ended), started as a Civil_war between communist North_Korea and Republican South_Korea. When it began, North and South Korea existed as provisional governments competing for control over the Korean peninsula, due to the Division_of_Korea by outside powers. While originally a civil war, it quickly escalated into a Cold_War-era conflict and served as a Proxy_war between the capitalist powers of the United_States and its allies and the Communist powers of the People's_Republic_of_China and the Soviet_Union. On September_15, General_MacArthur planned a grand strategy to dissect North-Korean-occupied Korea at the city of Incheon (Song Do port) to cut off further invasion by the North Korean army. Within a few days, MacArthur's army took back Seoul (South Korea's capital). The plan succeeded which allowed American and South Korean forces to cut off further expansion by the North Koreans. The war continued until a cease-fire was agreed to by both sides on July_27, 1953. The war left 33,742 American soldiers dead and 92,134 wounded. In the end, neither side had won the war. It was as if the match had ended 0-0; nothing gained nothing lost. Before the war, the border was a longitudinal line; after the war, it was shifted slightly diagonally. === U.S./USSR tensions result in "Cold War" === Image:Cold_War_Map_1959.png in 1959. Consult the legend on the map for more details.]] The "Cold_War", which began as a geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between the Soviet_Union and the United_States, intensified. During this time the Warsaw_pact and NATO were founded. Most above-ground Nuclear_test_explosions happened during this decade. The 1950s were also marked with a rapid rise in tensions between the United_States and the Soviet_Union, which would touch off the Arms_Race, the Space_Race, McCarthyism, and the Korean_War. Stalin's death in 1953 left an enormous impact in Eastern Europe that forced the Soviet Union to create more liberal policies internally and externally. The most notable political shift in the Eastern bloc would be the Hungarian revolution of 1956 which would soon falter due to the Soviet_Union's intervention. Cuban_revolutionaries led by Fidel_Castro gained power, ousting the government of General Fulgencio_Batista in 1959. In the United States there was a "Red_Scare" resulting in the McCarthy Hearings. ===Suez Crisis=== The Suez_Crisis was a War fought on Egyptian territory in 1956. The conflict pitted Egypt against an alliance between the United_Kingdom, France and Israel. The United_States also played a crucial role, albeit not a military one. ===European Common Market=== The European_Community (or Common Market), the precursor of the European_Union, was established. === Civil rights === Image:LucilleBall.jpg was one of the best known stars in the 1950s]] == Culture == * Brylcreem and other hair tonics had a period of popularity * Juvenile_delinquency was said to be at unprecedented epidemic proportions in the United_States, though some see this era as relatively low in Crime compared to today. * Continuing Poverty in some regions during recessions later on in this decade. The 1950s is often mistakenly painted as the pinnacle of American prosperity. The '50s were supposed to be a time of the "Affluent Society". In reality however, more than a fifth of Americans lived in poverty during this time, compared with roughly an eighth at the beginning of the 21st_century. * The 1950s saw fairly high rates of unionization, government social spending, taxes, and the like in the United_States and European countries. Most Western governments were liberal or Moderate, though domestic politics were also affected by reactions to communism and the Cold War. * Optimistic visions of a semi-utopian technological future, including such devices as the Flying_car, were popular. * ''The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still'' hits movie theaters. * Along with the appearance of the sentence ''Kilroy_was_here'' across the United_States, Graffiti as an Art form develops, especially among urban African_Americans; graffiti eventually becomes one of the four elements of Hip_hop_culture * Considerable racial tension arose with military and school desegregation in the United States, though controversy did not truly erupt until the 1960s. * Rise of evangelical Christianity including Youth for Christ (1943); the National Association of Evangelicals, the American Council of Christian Churches, the Billy_Graham Evangelistic Association (1950), and the Campus Crusade for Christ (1951). ''Christianity_Today'' was first published in 1956. 1956 also marked the beginning of Bethany Fellowship, a small press that would grow to be a leading evangelical press. * Carl_Stuart_Hamblen, a religious radio broadcaster, hosted the popular show "The Cowboy Church of the Air". === Emerging social perspectives in the 1950s. === ===Music=== {{main|Timeline of trends in music (1950-1959)}} ====Rock-and-roll music==== Traditional_pop_music such as the Bebop era of Jazz hit its peak and climaxed as early Rock_and_roll music led by Elvis_Presley was embraced by teenagers and the emerging Youth_culture as the first wave of the Baby_Boom reached its teen years. Rock music was generally dismissed or condemned by older generations. Other prominent rock and roll musicians inclued Paul_Anka, Chuck_Berry, Bo_Diddley, Buddy_Holly, Jerry_Lee_Lewis and Little_Richard. === The 1950s in cinema === ==== World cinema ==== The 1950s represent what many see as the epitome of Japanese_cinema, starting in 1950 with ''Rashomon'', the first major success of legendary Japanese director Akira_Kurosawa, which is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html Kurosawa followed this success with a string of classics such as ''Ikiru'' (1952), ''Seven_Samurai'' (1954), ''Throne_of_Blood'' (1957), and ''The_Hidden_Fortress'' (1958). Other Japanese directors who were at the top of their game at this period in time were Yasujiro_Ozu and Kenji_Mizoguchi. Ozu made ''Tokyo_Story'' in 1953, which is widely considered one of the best films ever made, as well as the best Japanese film ever made. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/voter.php?forename=Roger&surname;=Ebert http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics.html Ozu followed this success with a remake of his earlier ''A_Story_of_Floating_Weeds'', only this time in color and sound, which are both regarded as some of Ozu's best work. In 1953 and 1954, Mizoguchi made the two films that are widely considered to be his masterpieces, ''Ugetsu'' and ''Sansho_the_Bailiff''. In addition to Japanese cinema receiving vast success worldwide, European_cinema was experiencing a reboot after WWII. In 1953, renowned Italian director Federico_Fellini made what is widely considered to be his first masterpiece, ''I_Vitelloni''. Although it didn't achieve significant success at the time, Fellini followed it up with his international breakthrough, ''La Strada'', which went on to win the first competetive foreign languange film Oscar. Fellini followed the success of ''La Strada'' with another huge success, ''Nights_of_Cabiria''. ''Nights of Cabiria'' was lauded worldwide and earned Fellini another Oscar. Meanwhile, in Sweden, a young Ingmar_Bergman was starting to leave his indelible stamp in cinema. In 1955, after a string of financial flops, Bergman achieved his first international success, ''Smiles_of_a_Summer_Night''. ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' received international acclaim and earned Bergman a Jury Prize at the Cannes_Film_Festival. Bergman followed up the success of ''Smiles'' with what remains his most famous film to this day, ''The_Seventh_Seal'' (1957). ''The_Seventh_Seal'' was an ambitious project in which Antonious Block, after returning from The_Crusades plays Chess with Death in the hope that Death will allow him to live. ''The Seventh Seal'' earned unanimous praise worldwide and established Bergman as one of cinema's most promising, youung directors and is still considered to be one of his best films, and some even consider it to be his masterpiece. That same year, Bergman decided to follow ''The Seventh Seal'' with a more personal project on a much smaller scale, ''Wild Strawberries''. ''Wild Strawberries'' is the story of an old man (played by Victor_Sjöström) who goes on a trip to receive an honorary degree with his daughter in law (Ingrid_Thulin). During the trip, she tells him he is cold and unfeeling and he thinks over all the failures of his life. Bergman explores such trademark themes as the existence of God and Mortality in this film. ''Wild Strawberries'' also received enormous acclaim and only further emphasized his talent. It is now considered one of his greatest films, and 1957 is considered a year of prodigious output for the young Bergman. Meanwhile, over in France, young critics such as Jean-Luc_Godard, François_Truffaut, Claude_Chabrol, and Éric_Rohmer, who worked for the influential magazine ''Cahiers_du_Cinéma'' were starting to make their stamp in film. In 1958, Chabrol made ''Le_Beau_Serge'', the film that is widely considered to be the first film of the French_New_Wave. But the New Wave only started receiving recognition in 1959, when Truffaut released his debut feature, ''The_400_Blows''. ''The 400 Blows'' struck a chord in audiences worldwide and praise was lavished upon it. Today it is considered one of Truffaut's two best films, along with 1961's ''Jules_and_Jim''. Later that year, Godard released his first film, ''Breathless''. It received attention for its radical storytelling methods and mocking of American gangster clichés. It is now regarded as a masterpiece, and one of Godard's best films. It remains Godard's only box office success to date. ==== Hollywood ==== Known as the "Golden Age", this era of movie-making saw the release of many classics and a slew of talented stars and directors. Films like ''Sunset_Boulevard'' with William_Holden and Gloria_Swanson, ''All_About_Eve'' with Bette_Davis, and ''Ben-Hur'' with Charlton_Heston, would become instant classics. Westerns were getting bigger in the 1950s, with films like ''High_Noon'' starring Gary_Cooper, and ''Cheyenne'' with Clint_Walker, wrangling moviegoers back to the time of outlaws and wild shoot-outs. There was no shortage of war movies: the 1950s saw the release of ''Stalag_17'', directed by Billy_Wilder, ''The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai'' starring Alec_Guinness, and Stanley_Kubrick's ''Paths_of_Glory'', a potent anti-war film that starred Kirk_Douglas as the French Col. Dax, defending three soldiers accused of cowardice. Thrillers were also turning into a huge genre in post-war Hollywood. Alfred_Hitchcock directed many big name pictures, including ''Rear_Window'', starring Jimmy_Stewart and Grace_Kelly, ''North_by_Northwest'' with Cary_Grant, and ''Vertigo'', with Jimmy Stewart and Kim_Novak. Comedies are always popular, and the 1950s were no exception. ''It_Happens_Every_Spring'', ''Some_Like_It_Hot'' with Marilyn_Monroe, Tony_Curtis and Jack_Lemmon, and ''The_Ladykillers'' starring Alec_Guinness and Peter_Sellers, would be loved by many. The year 1951 would have an important comedy milestone, the last film of the great comedy duo, Laurel_and_Hardy, ''Atoll_K'', in which the pair starred as the inheritors of an island in the Pacific. === Radio and television === Television replaced Radio as the dominant mass medium in industrialized countries. Popular television programs in the U.S. included ''Texaco_Star_Theater'', ''Arthur_Godfrey's_Talent_Scouts'', ''I_Love_Lucy'', ''The_$64,000_Question'', and ''Gunsmoke''. ''The_Twilight_Zone'' premiered as the first major science-fiction show. ==== In the United Kingdom ==== ==== In the United States ==== === Literature === Beatniks and the Beat_generation, an anti-materialistic literary movement that began with Jack_Kerouac in 1948 and stretched on into the 1960s, was at its zenith in the 1950s. Such groundbreaking literature as William_S._Burroughs's ''Naked_Lunch'', Allen_Ginsberg's ''Howl'', William_Golding's ''Lord_of_the_Flies'', Jack Kerouac's ''On_the_Road'', and J.D._Salinger's ''The_Catcher_in_the_Rye'' were published. === Architecture === === Science and philosophy === * The Miller-Urey_experiment showed in 1953 that under simulated conditions resembling those thought to have existed shortly after Earth was first created, many of the basic organic molecules that form the building blocks of life are able to spontaneously form. * Francis_Crick and James_D._Watson discovered the helical structure of DNA at the Cavendish_Laboratory at the University_of_Cambridge in 1953. * Bruce_C._Heezen discovered the Mid-Atlantic_Ridge. * The first Polio_vaccine, developed by Jonas Salk, was introduced to the general public in 1955. * The first Organ_transplants were done in Boston and Paris in 1954. ===Prizes=== Albert_Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. In 1953 Churchill is given the Nobel Prize for literature. In 1955 Laxness is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his work with Icelandic literature. === The 1950s in sports === * Alberto_Ascari (Italian racing driver) * Roger_Bannister (English track and field athlete) * Yogi_Berra (American Baseball player) * Maureen_Connolly (American Tennis player) * Colin_Cowdrey (English cricketer) * Juan_Manuel_Fangio (Argentinian racing driver) * Neil_Harvey (Australian cricketer) * Gordie_Howe (Canadian Ice_hockey player) * Len_Hutton (England cricketer) * Mickey_Mantle (American Baseball player) * Rocky_Marciano (American boxer) * Stanley_Matthews (English Soccer player) * Willie_Mays (American Baseball player) * Ferenc_Puskás (Hungarian Soccer player) * Maurice_Richard (Canadian Ice_hockey player) * Sugar_Ray_Robinson (American boxer) * Bill Russell (American Basketball player) * Gary_Sobers (West Indies cricketer) * Brian_Statham (England cricketer) * Eduard_Streltsov (Russian Soccer player) * Frank_Tyson (England cricketer) * Frank_Worrell (West Indies cricketer) * Lev_Yashin (Russian Soccer player) * Jackie_Robinson (American Baseball player) * Pelé (Brazilian soccer player) * Raj Tennis player ==== The Olympics ==== *1952_Summer_Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland *1952_Winter_Olympics held in Oslo, Norway *1956_Summer_Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia *1956_Winter_Olympics held in Cortina_d'Ampezzo, Italy === The 1950s in technology === * Sputnik_1 was launched in 1957. * Fortran, perhaps the single most important milestone in the development of programming languages, was developed at IBM. == National issues == === In the Middle East === Most of the countries of the Middle East continued in the national divisions created by their former European occupiers. However, with the growing importance of their abundance of Oil, the otherwise mostly impoverished states experienced an increase of Wealth to mostly the Elite aristocratic or later theocratic regimes. The growth of the state of Israel occurred. Mahmoud_Abbas became involved in Palestinian politics in Qatar. In 1958 American troops entered Lebanon to restore order. This was just the beginning of problems for this nation. Toward the end of the 20th century Lebanon became a battleground of civil warfare for Syrian, Arab, and Israeli meddling that cooled down in the mid-1990s allowing a Western_culture to take root temporarily. ===In Africa=== Decolonization was occurring in Africa in the 1950s. In 1956 Sudan, Tunisia, and Morocco became independent. In 1954 guerrillas started the Algerian_War_of_Independence. France continued its occupation and extensively used torture and death squads in a attempt to win the war. They were later forced out, but not until after training through example some of the most skilled Torturers of the late 20th century. The Mau_Mau began their terrorist attacks against the British in Kenya. This led to Concentration_camps in Kenya, the retreat of the British, and the election of former terrorist Kenyatta as leader of Kenya. Africa experienced the beginning of large-scale top-down economic Interventions in the 1950s that failed to cause improvement and led to charitable exhaustion by the West as the century went on. The widespread corruption was not dealt with and war, disease, and famine continue to be constant problems in this region. === In Asia === The nations of the People's Republic of China and Indonesia began their history after their establishment in the late 1940s. Mao_Tse-Tung began to rise in prominence in China as he helped lead a revolution against the Nationalist government. In 1953 the French occupiers of Laos gave that country independence. Other countries of southeast Asia also gained independence, but were faced with continuing civil strife from struggles between communists and anti-communists. Dien_Bien_Phu fell in 1953 to Vietnamese revolutionary forces. By 1953 the three-year war between North_Korea, supported by China, and South_Korea, supported by the United_States, ended. This war resulted in a permanent border between the north and south sections of this country that were not erased even after the Fall_of_Communism in 1989. After World_War_II the United States occupied Japan and assisted in its rebuilding. Social changes took place, including a move toward democratic elections, universal suffrage, emphasis on rebuilding of industry, as well as secure lifetime employment. === In South America === In the 1950s South_America was the center of covert and overt conflict between the CIA and the KGB. Their varying collusion with national, populist, and elitist interests destabilized the region. However, the intervention of the CIA allowed future exploitation of South_American mineral and natural resources with no or minimal repayment to the general population. The United_States CIA orchestrated the overthrow of the Guatemalan government in 1952. In 1957 the military dictatorship of Venezuela was overthrown. This continued a pattern of regional revolution and warfare making extensive use of Ground_forces. === In Europe === Post-war reconstruction succeeded, thanks to mostly non-corrupt implementation of the Marshall_Plan. Europe continued to be divided into "free" and "Soviet bloc" countries. The geographical point of this division came to be called the Iron_Curtain. It divided Germany into East and West_Germany. In 1955 West Germany joined NATO. This alliance was formed out of Fear to defend against a theoretical Russian ground invasion that never took place. The leaders of East Germany were equally afraid of this. In 1956 Soviet troops marched into Hungary. In 1957 the Treaty_of_Rome was part of the beginning of the process that led to the European_Union. This union from the beginning was based on regulation and trade, and the weakness of basing a union on mercantile principles was not seen until into the 21st century. === In the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc === The Soviet_Union continued its domination of the territories it conquered during World_War_II. Life was economically harsh and persecution of native religions intense. (See the Black_Book_of_Communism.) In 1953 Joseph_Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, died. This enabled the future leadership of Russia to scapegoat him for the problems caused by the Communist_Revolution. === In the United States === The United States, thanks to the GI_Bill, low-entry-cost housing, and a booming economy, experienced a cultural shift as people acquired spacious housing, kitchens, and washing technologies that gave a higher quality of life. The Salk polio vaccine was introduced to the general public in 1955. This was one of the major advances in vaccinations in the 20th century. The television program I_Love_Lucy became the most popular television show watched in the United States by 1952. The Holy_Bible continued to be the best non-fiction seller throughout the early 1950s although by 1954 it was displaced by other books. ''The_Family_of_Man'' was published in the middle 1950s. This pictorial display of human beings remained popular, although not a bestseller, throughout the rest of the century. In 1957 Elvis_Presley became the number one best-selling musical artist. Also in that year, the Ten_Commandments, starring Charlton_Heston, was released. Heston later went on to lead the NRA, a gun-owner-rights organization in the United_States toward the end of the 20th century. === In the Caribbean === In 1957, Dr. François_Duvalier came to power in an election in Haiti. He later declared himself president for life, and ruled until his death in 1971. Fidel_Castro raj overthrew the corrupt Batista regime in Cuba. This revolution was locally widely supported but lost support of the population every year after. The United_States was unable to meddle with either its social or economic development throughout the decade. The United States became logistically involved in an Embargo just as the Soviet_Union became involved in propping up the Castro regime. The United_States foreign policy towards this country as well as a mixture of thoughtlessness and incompetence led to an embarrassing abandonment of Guantanamo_Base in the next decade that was partially covered up by the Bay_of_Pigs fiasco. Americans no longer had access to Cuba's casinos or cigars. === In the United Kingdom === After World War II the United Kingdom made a slow return from post-war rationing of food. The economy was also rebuilt slowly but thanks to abundant Oil fields as well as geographical separation from the European continent it experienced more post-war prosperity then the rest of Europe. ==== In the Commonwealth ==== In the 1950s Australia experienced a slow growth in prosperity thanks to a lack of damage to the national Infrastructure after World_War_II. White Australia immigration policies began to be relaxed, though they are not considered to have ended completely until 1973. The portable beer cooler or Esky was invented in Australia in this decade. New Zealand continued to be only a country of farming and ranching until it began to gain notice in the 1990s as a Filmmaking destination. ==People== ===Entertainers=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Desi_Arnaz * Carl_Perkins * Abbott_and_Costello * Paul_Anka * Lucille_Ball * Jack_Benny * Chuck_Berry * Humphrey_Bogart * Pat_Boone * Marlon_Brando * Maria_Callas * June_Carter * Johnny_Cash * Tony_Curtis * Dalida * James_Dean * Sandra_Dee * Bo_Diddley * Margot_Fonteyn * Ava_Gardner * Judy_Garland * John_Gregson * The_Goons * Cary_Grant * Tony_Hancock * Thelonious_Monk * Audrey_Hepburn * Charlton_Heston * Alfred_Hitchcock {{col-2}} * Dizzy_Gillespie * Buddy_Holly * Grace_Kelly * Ernie_Kovacs * Mario_Lanza * Jerry_Lewis * Miles_Davis * Jerry_Lee_Lewis * Dean_Martin * Groucho_Marx * Marilyn_Monroe * Paul_Newman * Laurence_Olivier * Charlie_Parker * Elvis_Presley * Lionel_Hampton * George_Reeves * Debbie_Reynolds * Little_Richard * Jimmie Rodgers * James Stewart * Art_Pepper * Gale_Storm * Jacques_Tati * Elizabeth_Taylor * John_Wayne * Jack_Webb * Ed_Wynn {{col-end}} ===World leaders=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Emperor Haile_Selassie (Ethiopia) * Prime Minister Robert_Menzies (Australia) * Prime Minister Louis_St._Laurent (Canada) * Prime Minister John_Diefenbaker (Canada) * Chairman Mao_Zedong (People's_Republic_of_China) * President Chiang_Kai-shek (Republic_of_China on Taiwan) * President Gamal_Abdel_Nasser (Egypt) * President Vincent_Auriol (France) * President Rene_Coty (France) * President Charles_de_Gaulle (France) * Prime Minister Jawaharlal_Nehru (India) * Prime Minister David_Ben-Gurion (Israel) * Emperor Hirohito (Japan) * Pope_Pius_XII * Pope_John_XXIII * Taoiseach John_A._Costello (Ireland) {{col-2}} * Taoiseach Eamon_de_Valera (Ireland) * Taoiseach Sean_Lemass (Ireland) * Joseph_Stalin (Soviet_Union) * Nikita_Khrushchev (Soviet_Union) * President Celal_Bayar (Turkey) * Prime Minister Adnan_Menderes (Turkey) * King George VI (United_Kingdom) * Queen Elizabeth II (United_Kingdom) * Prime Minister Sir Winston_Churchill (United_Kingdom) * Prime Minister Sir Anthony_Eden (United_Kingdom) * Prime Minister Harold_Macmillan (United_Kingdom) * Prime Minister George_Borg_Olivier (Malta) * President Harry_S._Truman (United_States) * President Dwight_D._Eisenhower (United_States) * Chancellor Konrad_Adenauer (West_Germany) * President Josip_Broz_Tito (Yugoslavia) {{col-end}} ==See also== * United_States_in_the_1950s * List_of_rock_and_roll_albums_in_the_1950s ==External links== * WWW-VL: 1950s History * The 1950s Week-By-Week includes news, trends & pop culture *Pop Culture Madness 50s Music Lists *Hollywood and The Movies During the 1950s *The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s Category:1950s Als:1950er Ast:Años_1950 Bs:1950te Br:Bloavezhioù_1950 Ca:Dècada_del_1950 Cy:1950au Da:1950'erne De:1950er Et:1950._aastad El:Δεκαετία_1950 Es:Años_1950 Eo:1950-aj_jaroj Eu:1950eko_hamarkada Fr:Années_1950 Gd:1950an Ko:1950년대 Hr:1950-1959 Io:1950a_yari Ia:1950s Is:1951–1960 It:Anni_1950 He:שנות_ה-50_של_המאה_ה-20 La:Decennium_196 Lt:XX_amžiaus_6-as_dešimtmetis Hu:1950-es_évek Ms:1950-an Nl:1950-1959 Ja:1950年代 No:1950-årene Nn:1950-åra Pl:Lata_50._XX_wieku Pt:Década_de_1950 Ro:Anii_1950 Ru:1950-е Sq:Vitet_1950 Scn:1950ini Simple:1950s Sk:50._roky_20._storočia Sl:1950. 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