A lot of things happened in the 1950s from color T.V. to many changes in medicine. As many from the 50s may remember, this decade was filled with joy and terror for America. This decade also filled many of America’s dreams, from credit cards to rising gas prices, the 50s had it all.
There were big changes in electronics for example T.V.s; a few good shows from the 50s were “I Love Lucy”, “Captain Kangaroo”,”Father Knows Best”, etc. Colored T.V. also came out in this time making our favorite 50’s shows just that much more amazing.
Popular kids games such as Mr. Potato head (first toy to be broadcasted on t.v), Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Play-doh, Scrabble and many others of children's toys were created in the 50s and are still being played with today. …show more content…
Baseball and boxing were huge, while football and golf were growing. Back in the 50s was a good time for sports because some of the best players were alive during this time such as: Rocky Marciano and Floyd Patterson for boxing; Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays for baseball; and for a little background on football: pro football’s popularity skyrocketed during the 1950s. Much of the nationwide interest was the result of exposure through television. In 1951, the NFL’s championship game was televised coast-to-coast for the first time. By the middle of the decade television began broadcasting a number of regular season games. Arguably one game late in the decade truly placed the NFL into the country’s collective consciousness. That was the 1958 Championship Game won by the Baltimore Colts in overtime. The game is known as “The Greatest Game Ever …show more content…
The United States successfully carried out its first ever hydrogen bomb explosion test. Code named Ivy Mike, this test was conducted on November 1, 1952 on the coral island of Enewetak in the Pacific Ocean. Mike was a "two stage" device and had a yield of 10.4 megatons. The primary stage was a TX-5 fission bomb, the secondary stage consisted of liquid deuterium fusion fuel stored in a cylindrical Dewar (thermos) flask. Running down the center of the Dewar was a plutonium "spark plug" rod to ignite the fusion reaction. The Dewar was surrounded by a natural uranium pusher/tamper weighing more than 5 metric tons. The entire assembly was housed in an enormous steel casing, 80 inches wide and 244 inches long, with walls ~10-12 inches thick, the largest single forging made up to that time. The inside surface of the casing was lined with sheets of lead and polyethylene to form the radiation channel that conducted heat from the primary to the secondary. The entire device weighed 82
There were big changes in electronics for example T.V.s; a few good shows from the 50s were “I Love Lucy”, “Captain Kangaroo”,”Father Knows Best”, etc. Colored T.V. also came out in this time making our favorite 50’s shows just that much more amazing.
Popular kids games such as Mr. Potato head (first toy to be broadcasted on t.v), Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Play-doh, Scrabble and many others of children's toys were created in the 50s and are still being played with today. …show more content…
Baseball and boxing were huge, while football and golf were growing. Back in the 50s was a good time for sports because some of the best players were alive during this time such as: Rocky Marciano and Floyd Patterson for boxing; Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays for baseball; and for a little background on football: pro football’s popularity skyrocketed during the 1950s. Much of the nationwide interest was the result of exposure through television. In 1951, the NFL’s championship game was televised coast-to-coast for the first time. By the middle of the decade television began broadcasting a number of regular season games. Arguably one game late in the decade truly placed the NFL into the country’s collective consciousness. That was the 1958 Championship Game won by the Baltimore Colts in overtime. The game is known as “The Greatest Game Ever …show more content…
The United States successfully carried out its first ever hydrogen bomb explosion test. Code named Ivy Mike, this test was conducted on November 1, 1952 on the coral island of Enewetak in the Pacific Ocean. Mike was a "two stage" device and had a yield of 10.4 megatons. The primary stage was a TX-5 fission bomb, the secondary stage consisted of liquid deuterium fusion fuel stored in a cylindrical Dewar (thermos) flask. Running down the center of the Dewar was a plutonium "spark plug" rod to ignite the fusion reaction. The Dewar was surrounded by a natural uranium pusher/tamper weighing more than 5 metric tons. The entire assembly was housed in an enormous steel casing, 80 inches wide and 244 inches long, with walls ~10-12 inches thick, the largest single forging made up to that time. The inside surface of the casing was lined with sheets of lead and polyethylene to form the radiation channel that conducted heat from the primary to the secondary. The entire device weighed 82