1950's
1950
Korean War
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
1950
17 Nations joined
Commanded by the US, decided to join the war on the side of the South.
1950
Beat Generation
A group of young writers who rejected materialism and were all in for sexual freedom and mind expanding substances.
1950
Nuclear movement
Formed in Milan by Colombo, D'Angelo and Baj. Based in consideration of its own contemporaneity and particularly interested in research on the atom.
1950
Art Informel
It was not a movement, school o tendency, it was a condition or mood; an action in the world an existencial given that forced the artist to act and interact with the material offered by reality.
1950
Neo-Dada
Refers to the work of two American artist Robert Rauschenber and Jasper Johns.
1950
Liberation of South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung proposes the “liberation” of South Korea to Soviet officials.
1952
UK tests nuclear weapon in Australia
Conducted its first nuclear test at Montebello Islands.
1953
Armistice ending hostilities in Korea
By Mark W. Clark for the UN Command, Peng Dehuai for the Chinese, and Kim Il-Sung for North Korea. Although it was never signed by South Korea, it's not officially over.
1954
First drive-in
By Richard and Maurice McDonald, they only sold 1 burger.
1953
Existential realism
Franco Francese placed greater attention on daily events, and moved by a conception of life and art of existencialist matrix.
1954
Division of Vietnam
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At the Geneva Conference.
1955
Russell–Einstein manifesto issued
Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein and other leading scientists issue a manifesto warning of the dangers of nuclear war and urging all governments to resolve disputes peacefully.
1955
Vietnam War
North Vietnam (communists and their allies Vietcong) against South Vietnam (supported by the US). NV wanted to provoke a general uprising against the government in SV.
1955
Optical Art
Movement in Europe, US and South America. Established with a new artistic language, using scientific ideas and instruments.
1956
Increase in cancer cases
Over 1,900 cancer death result of the atomic bomb attacks in Japan.
1958
Pop Art
First appeared in England in works of Hamilton and Paolozzi. Then picked up by America.