What happened in the 50's

Some really vital and historic things happened in the 50's.  I mean besides being born myself.

The first modern credit card was introduced.
Charles Schultz published the first Peanuts cartoon strip.  (That was fairly vital!)
Joe McCarthy started his Communist witch hunt.
Color TVs were introduced, although I didn't get to see one till the 60's because my dad was cheap.
Car seat belts were introduced, although I don't remember them being very popular until Batman and Robin used them in the 60's TV show.
Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth when her father King George VI died.
Jacques Cousteau, the co-inventer of the aqualung, became fairly famous discovering an ancient Greek Ship.
Polio vaccine discovered by Jonas Salk
DNA was discovered!  Amazing.
The first report published suggesting that cigarette smoking causes cancer.
Walt Disney opens Disneyland.  (And the world will never be the same!)
Emmett Till is murdered.
The McDonalds franchise is created.  (I had one of those early burgers... not that great)
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in the bus and is taken to jail.
Velcro is introduced.  That's up there with zippers and sliced bread!
The Soviet's launching of Sputnik starts the Space Race.
Hoola hoops and Legos building blocks is introduced.
Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba.
The TV Remote control is invented.  Although my dad claimed he had invented four of them.  Their names were Denise, Sherry, Lynne and Scotty.  The same goes for dish-washing machines.  He had four.

All in all a pretty remarkable decade.  More to come.