North Korea invades South Korea. Treasure Island(the movie) is released.Ralph Bunche is awarded Nobel Prize. Castro becomes dictator of Cuba. Development of the hydrogen bomb. Seat belts are introduced. DNA is discovered. Joseph Stalin dies. In 1957, Doctor Suess publishes The Cat In The Hat. Arthur Miller - married Marilyn Monroe and starred in the movie, Death of A Salesman. John Coltrane - lauded on Pulitzer Boards as the singularly influential person in jazz. Frank Sinatra- Congress created a “Frank Sinatra” official day. Marlon Brando - dubbed as one of the most important men of the 1900’s by Time and AP respectively. Elvis Presley’ Joe McCarthy, and Dwight Eisenhower was a very influential president in the fact that he made the Highway System, which still influences us today, he also used nuclear threats to alleviate the threat of Korea …show more content…
Internal pacemaker created by Wilson Greatbatch. Solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson. Ray Kroc started McDonalds. Super Glue invented during the 1951’s. Tetracycline is invented during the 55’s. Alan Turing was a British mathematician, philosopher, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner. He was the one who made the concept of “algorithms” and “computation.” Turing was also instrumental in WW2. As he single-handedly cracked intercepted coded messages by the Nazis. He was pivotal to the Allies in this particular war. All things considered, he was very important. Rock and roll , jazz music, and television soiling young peoples minds, Miller and Sinatra influenced the professional scene for many people watching the movies. In the 50’s popular culture consisted of the Formula One, golden age of the tv, rock and roll - introduced by Elvis Presly, the Olympics and the FIFA World Cups. Ben-Hur was considered popular in the 50s because it grabbed a record of 11 Academy