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Significant Books and Music of the Century, Year by Year
1950 was the year that North Korea invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War; Charles Schulz debuted his "Peanuts" comic strip; Senator Joe McCarthy began his one-man witch hunt against Communists; and Minute Rice was introduced to American kitchens.


Significant Book of 1950:
C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

BOOK As Lucy and her friends walk through the wardrobe, they enter the spellbound land of Narnia -- and the adventure of a lifetime. This is the first book in a classic seven-volume series that appeals to children and adults alike.

  Significant Music of 1950:
 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie's Bloomdido

BOOK Bebop pioneers saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, reunited in a recording studio for the final time to cut the album BIRD & DIZ, which also featured pianist Thelonious Monk, as well as the Parker-Gillespie composition "Bloomdido."




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