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YEAR: 1958
NASA is founded.
Pele's Brazil wins the world Cup.
YEAR: 1957
Sputnik 1 makes the first space flight.It was launched by Russia on 4 October 1957, it weighed 84kgs and burned up in space after 13 weeks.
The European Economic Community is established.
Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand is elected President of the twelfth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Leonard Bernstein produces West Side Story.
YEAR: 1956
The Hungarian revolution breaks out.
John Osbourne writes Look Back in Anger.
YEAR: 1955
The Warsaw Pact is signed.
YEAR: 1954
The Salk vaccine against polio is developed.
Ho Chi Minh becomes President of North Vietnam.
Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile.
YEAR: 1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing climb Mt Everest, they reached the summit on 29 May.
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The structure of DNA is discovered by Francis Crick and James Watson.
YEAR: 1952
The worlds first jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 went into service. It more than halved international flight times but several tragic accidents led to it's grounding in 1954.
YEAR: 1950
The Korean War (1950-53) begins. Troops from NZ serve with the UN forces.
YEAR: 1949
The Geneva Convention is signed.
NATO is founded.
Mao Zedong becomes Chinese leader as China becomes Communist. The ousted Nationalist fled to the island of Taiwan.
YEAR: 1948
Palestine was split between Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Palestinian Arabs' desire for their own country has caused conflict with the Israelis since.
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