Culture & IdeasThe 1950s

Culture & Ideas in the 1950s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 1950s — 6 of them, drawn from 6 nations, running from 1952 to 1959. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
6
Nations
6
Earliest
1952
Latest
1959
Africa
2
South America
2
Asia
1
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. — Asia:

    Bangladesh

    The Bengali Language Movement

    Students in Dhaka demanding that Bengali be a state language of Pakistan are shot by police; the martyrs become foundational to Bengali nationalism and, later, to UNESCO's International Mother Language Day.

    Era: Partition, East Pakistan and the Language Movement

    Sources: Language Movement · Banglapedia (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh), International Mother Language Day · UNESCO

  2. — Europe:

    Monaco

    Rainier III marries Grace Kelly

    Prince Rainier III married the American actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess Grace; their union brought the principality international glamour and helped drive its post-war revival.

    Era: Sovereignty Tied to France and the Making of the Modern Principality

    Sources: Rainier III, prince de Monaco · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. — Africa:

    Tunisia

    Code of Personal Status

    Bourguiba's government bans polygamy and expands women's rights, a landmark reform in the Arab world.

    Era: The Republic & the Jasmine Revolution

    Sources: Code of Personal Status in Tunisia · Wikipedia, Habib Bourguiba · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. — South America:

    Colombia

    Garcia Marquez and Macondo

    The journalist and novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez gives literary form to Colombia's history of violence and wonder, later winning the 1982 Nobel Prize.

    Era: La Violencia and the National Front

    Sources: Gabriel Garcia Marquez · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. — South America:

    Ecuador

    Galapagos National Park

    Ecuador declares the Galapagos Islands a national park, the basis of their later inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    Era: Cacao, Liberals and Bananas

    Sources: History of Galapagos · Galapagos Conservancy, Galapagos Islands · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  6. — Africa:

    Tanzania

    Mary Leakey finds the Zinjanthropus skull

    At Olduvai Gorge, Mary Leakey uncovers the robust hominin skull OH 5 (Zinjanthropus / Paranthropus boisei), a landmark in the study of human evolution.

    Era: Cradle of Humankind: Olduvai and Laetoli

    Sources: Olduvai Gorge · Wikipedia, Mary Leakey · Wikipedia