Elizabeth II's reign as the queen of England started on 6 February 1952

1. Elizabeth II's reign as the queen of England started on 6 February 1952. She is the queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine for Polio and tested it in 1952

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2. Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine for Polio and tested it in 1952.

In the 1952 elections Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ran against Adlai Stevenson (D)

1. In the 1952 elections Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ran against Adlai Stevenson (D). Eisenhower won 39 of 48 states to take the presidency.

J.D. Salinger's novel "Catcher in the Rye" was published in 1951

1. J.D. Salinger's novel "Catcher in the Rye" was published in 1951. It is 19th on the all-time best-seller's list with 65 million copies sold.
2. Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" published in 2003, already has sold over 80 million copies.
3. Marilyn Monroe's real name is Norma Jeane Mortenson

"The King and I" was a musical adaptation of the book "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon

1. "The King and I" was a musical adaptation of the book "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. The musical opened on Broadway in 1951, running for 1,246 performances.

Marlon Brando played as Stanley Kowalski in a play named A Streetcar Named Desire

1. You need one gallon of water per inch of fish in an aquarium.
2. Marlon Brando played as Stanley Kowalski in a play named A Streetcar Named Desire.

Panmunjon was the location of armistice talks between North Korea and South Korea in 1951

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2. Panmunjon was the location of armistice talks between North Korea and South Korea in 1951.

Sugar Ray Robinson donated all but $1 of his purse for fighting Charley Fusari in 1950

1. Sugar Ray Robinson, born Walker Smith Jr., had a career record of 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. He donated all but $1 of his purse for fighting Charley Fusari in 1950.

The hydrogen bomb uses Teller-Ulam design

1. The hydrogen bomb uses Teller-Ulam design and was first successfully detonated on November 1, 1952.

The Rosenberg trials began on March 6, 1951

1. The Rosenberg trials began on March 6, 1951. They were found guilty of espionage for sharing defense secrets regarding US nuclear weapons with the Soviet Union. They were sentenced to death on March 29, 1951.

Marilyn Monroe appeared in 5 films in 1950

1. Marilyn Monroe appeared in 5 films in 1950:
-A Ticket to Tomahawk
-Right Cross
-The Fireball
-The Asphalt Jungle
-All About Eve

The Korean war started on June 25, 1950

1. The Korean war started on June 25, 1950 after Chinese-authorized invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans. Two days later the US forces, ordered by President Truman, began helping the South.

Arthur Godfrey was the most famous television personality of the 1950s

1. Arthur Godfrey was the most famous television personality of the 1950s.

In 1954 Studebaker was bought by Packard.

1. In 1954 Studebaker was bought by Packard after major competition from Ford and GM declined the company starting in 1950.

Richard Nixon was elected to Senate in 1950

1. Richard Nixon was elected to Senate in 1950 after gaining quick fame from allegations he made against Alger Hiss for being a Soviet Spy
2. Alger Hiss was an American lawyer, civil servant, businessman, author and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and UN official.
3. Irony is a situation in which there is an incongruity, discordance, or unintended connection with truth, that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions.
4. Japan is the third largest petroleum consumer in the world behind the US and China.

Joseph McCarthy was a senator of Wisconsin from 1947-57

1. Joseph McCarthy was a senator of Wisconsin from the period of 1947 until 1957. He was TERRIFIED of communist take-over of America. In 1950 he claimed to have the name of these Russian spies working in the U.S. The term "McCarthyism," coined after his libels in 1950, is still used to refer to accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Joe DiMaggio was the first baseball player to break $100,000 in earnings.

1. Joe DiMaggio became the first pbaseball player to break the $100,000 in earnings by signing a contract worth $100,000 ($70,000+incentives) on February 7, 1949.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio

Walter Winchell was an American newspaper and radio commentator

1. Walter Winchell was an American newspaper and radio commentator and one of the first to attack the pro-facist/Nazi movement of the U.S. He used his top-rated radio show to strongly denounced Communism and was the first to spread "gossip."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Winchell

South Pacific, now regarded as one of the greatest musicals of all time, debuted in 1949

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2. In 1949, the musical South Pacific debuted. It had a focus on the issue of racial prejudice and is now known as one of the greatest musicals of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)

Johnnie Ray is one of the most influential precursors of Rock n' Roll

1. With his stage personality and music (R&B mixed with Jazz) Johnnie Ray is often considered a major precursor to Rock n' Roll.
http://www.johnnieray.com/bio.html

The people's republic of China was founded in 1949.

1. A successful businessman invests his money and spends other people's
2. The people's republic of China was founded in 1949.

Doris Day is the top ranking female actress of all time

1. Doris Day, starting with Romance on the High Seas in 1948, to this day is the highest grossing female actress. She ranks 6th all time, tied with John Wayne, having been the top money making star for 4 years. Tom Cruise leads with 7 years at the top spot. The second women on the list, Shirley Temple.

Truman made US part of NATO in 1949

1. Harry S. Truman (34th President) made US part of NATO in 1949.

NATO has a phonetic alphabet to ensure accurate communication

1. To ensure accurate communication, NATO adopted a standardized phonetic alphabet in 1956.

An avenue used to mean a general path lined with trees

1. Ray Allen of the Boston Celtic is 34 years old.
2. In different countries streets are named using different conventions. In the U.S, streets are named using any of a number of categories such as landmarks (a hill or a tree), destination of the street (city it ends at), a random theme (colleges), Grid-based (North/South vs. East/West), or alphabetic (A-Z north to south and A-Z west to east)
3. An avenue used to mean a general path lined with trees, often of the same species.

Chelada is originally a Jamaican drink

1. Chelada is originally a Jamaican drink made with mixing beer with lime-juice and salt. Around the 1940s it was adopted by Mexicans and the lime-juice+salt recipe was replaced with Clamato juice.

Motel 6 used to be $6 a night.

1. Motel 6's name comes from the fact that originally, in 1960, the room rate was set at $6 a night.

The health care bill would make it nearly impossible for women to exercise their right to choose

1. The Stupak Amendment in the house (or the similar Nelson amendment in the senate) would make it nearly impossible for women using government health-care to exercise their given right to choose. This amendment says that specifically separate funds must be established to pay for abortion. Whatever subsidiary the government pays to insure the people, if the insurance company wants to offer the women the right to chose, they must clearly use funds from a separate pool to pay for those services. In other words, they must collect two separate checks from their insurers each month and write two separate checks to the doctors who perform abortion services. The "easy way out" would be for the insurance companies not to support abortion and have to deal with it.

Different sets of neurons fire based on direction of motion of perceived object

1. Different sets of visual neurons fire based on the direction of motion perceived. Knowing the collection of neurons that fired one can construct a probability distribution that accurately represents the perceived direction of motion.

The earthquake in Chile made the day 0.00000126 seconds shorter.

1. The massive 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on February 27th made a day 1.26 microseconds shorter and moved the earth's axis by about 3 inches. The 9.1 Sumatran earthquake of 2004 shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by just under 3 inches.
2. Over one BILLION years the combined affect of these two earthquakes is 2 hours 14 minutes 20 seconds.
3. 46% of Jewish, and 43% of Hindu, households make over $100K a year. The next highest is Orthodox at 28%. Jehovah's witnesses have only 9% of their households making over $100K a year.

A squid has 8 arms and 2 tentacles

1. A squid has 8 arms and 2 tentacles.