events of the 1950s? what

Question: I need help with history!? ok what five greatest people/events of the 1950s!? what is the five most important!?

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People:
1!. Dwight D!. Eisenhower
2!. Nikita Khrushchev
3!. Fidel Castro
4!. Che Guevara
5!. Joseph McCarthy
Events
1!. Sputnik 1 is launched
2!. Polio vaccine is created
3!. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of England
4!. Suez Canal Crisis
5!. Vietnam War beginsWww@QuestionHome@Com

started with the communist revolution in China 1949 and ended with the revolution in Cuba 1959, and in between, Korea war, Korea half taken over (almost became all of it taken over), so McCarthy went en garde !

McCarthyism, in context of world events, it seems appropriate, although it was done wrong and hurt innocent people

Einstein becomes famous with his stuff, and in the 1950's dies of heart attack

People/Arts and Media:
Marylin Monroe, Lucile Ball, James Dean, Elvis Presley,

Canada:
Lester Pearson solving the Suez crisis !,

Gouzenko russian spy coming in from the cold

Dieffenbaker cancelling the AVRO Arrow

MAURICE "Rocket" RICHARD develops his legendary hockey career !Www@QuestionHome@Com

McCarthy and McCarthyism - early '50s!.

Eisenhower - president, 1953-1961

The Suez and Hungarian Crisis - 1956 (simultaneously)

Bobby Thompson's homer! - 1951

Sputnik - 1959(!?)

Churchill, his books and his last Prime Ministership!.

The rise of Nixon, Johnson and Kennedy!.

The fall of Imperialism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/1950s
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Television became a major thing, a piece of technology everyone owned!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

making the 55, 56, 57,chevy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com