But the Cold War was not the only war that took place during the 1950s. The decade began with the Korean War (1950–1953), when North Korean forces, aided by China and the Soviet Union, invaded South ...

The 1950s had some major political and world events such as Dwight Eisenhower elected as the 34th President of the United States. Alaska becomes the 49th State and Hawaii becomes the 50th. On the ...