ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Economic Boom, 1949-1973</title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2003 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Early Cold War </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlecw.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtimelines.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tldecol.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Decolonization </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on April 5th 2003, last revised on September 6th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Economic Boom, 1949-1973 </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tleboom.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1946-1964 <BR> 1947 VI 5 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1948 IV 16 <BR> 1951 IV 18 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1952 XI 25 <BR> 1953 VI II <BR> 1954 V <BR> 1954-1963 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1957 III 25 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1957-1964 <BR> 1958 <BR><BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1960 I <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964-1972 <BR> 1967 <BR><BR> 1969 VII 16 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Baby Boom <BR> US : Marshall Plan (European Recovery Plan) announced; in action 1948-1951 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/lowcountries/benelux.html">Benelux</A> founded (<A HREF = "../../region/lowcountries/xbelgium.html">B</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/lowcountries/xnederland.html">NL</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/lowcountries/xluxemburg.html">LUX</A>) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/oeec.html">OEEC</A> established <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/eec.html">ECSC</A> established <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">FRG</A> : motorcycle manufacturer BMW begins with the production of luxury cars <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">FRG</A> : regular, countrywide TV broadcasts began; <A HREF = "../../region/lowcountries/xnederland.html">NL</A> 1951 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A> : Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/france/xfrance.html">F</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/seasia/xvietnam.html">Vietnam</A> : Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends French rule in Indochina <BR> Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/comecon.html">COMECON</A> established <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/france/xfrance.html">France</A> : Brigitte Bardot rose to international fame <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xegypt.html">Egypt</A> : President Nasser nationalized Suez Canal; <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/france/xfrance.html">F</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/arabworld/xisrael.html">Israel</A> invade (Suez Canal Crisis) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/xhungary.html">Hungary</A> : anti-communist uprising crushed <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/russia/xussr.html">USSR</A> : Destalinization <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eceurope/xpoland.html">Poland</A> : after civic unrest, new Communist administration conciliatory <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/eec.html">EEC</A> established <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/russia/xussr.html">USSR</A> launches Sputnik satellite; in USA Sputnik shock <BR> Decolonization : most colonies in Africa & elsewhere released into independence <BR> Stockholm, <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xsweden.html">Sweden</A> : <A HREF = "../../region/samerica/xbrazil.html">Brazil</A> (star Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) wins soccer World Cup; Pele leads Brazil to two more World Cups - Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/europe/efta.html">EFTA</A> founded <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/france/xfrance.html">France</A> introduced currency reform : 1 New Franc = 100 Old Francs <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A> : Austin Mini Cooper production launched <BR> Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (<A HREF = "../../region/russia/xussr.html">USSR</A>) first man in space <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">GDR</A> : Construction of Berlin Wall; end of inter-German migration <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">FRG</A> : unemployment rate dropped below 1 % (stayed there until 1965, from 1968-1971) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A> : First James Bond film, Dr. No, released <BR> US President John F. Kennedy assassinated <BR> End of Baby Boom <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/germany/xgermanyneu.html">FRG</A> : Gastarbeiter (migrant worker) no. 1,000,000 arrived in Cologne <BR> The Beatles (<A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A>) dominated the charts <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A> : the sale of ocean liner Queen Mary to the city of Long Beach marks the end of transatlantic passenger transport by ships; airlines had made them superfluous <BR> NASA launched Apollo XI; Neil Armstrong first man to walk on moon surface <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xuk.html">UK</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xdenmark.html">Denmark</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/britain/xireland.html">Ireland</A> leave EFTA, join EEC <BR> Arab Oil Embargo causes OIL CRISIS (1973-1981) <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> History by Period : Early Cold War, <A HREF = "../../region/europe/ecres.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/europe/ecres.html</A> <BR><BR> <A NAME = "bib">Bibliography</A> <BR><BR> Alec Cairncross, <A HREF = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0631199616/104-5333343-1308716"> The British Economy since 1945</A>, Oxford : Blackwell 1992, 338 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. <B>338.941 C136b</B> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> IMPORTANT EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES <BR><BR> Baby Boom, Rock 'n' Roll, Immigrant Labour, Marshall Plan </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> IMPORTANT PERSONS <BR><BR> Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Brigitte Bardot, Ludwig Erhardt, Yuri Gagarin, <i>James Bond</i>, Pele </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of Count-o-Rama Code --> <a href="http://62.132.145.75/index.html" target="_blank"> <img src="http://62.132.145.75/cgi-bin/hidden.pl?12950" border="0"></a> <!-- End of Count-o-Rama Code --> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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